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WORLD BANK WORKING PAPER NO. 173 AFRICA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERIES Multigrade Teaching in Public Disclosure Authorized Sub-Saharan Africa Lessons from Uganda, Senegal, and The Gambia Aidan G. Mulkeen Cathal Higgins Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized THE WORLD BANK WORLD BANK WORKING PAPER NO. 173 MultigradeTeachingin SubSaharanAfrica LessonsfromUganda,Senegal, andTheGambia AidanG.Mulkeen CathalHiggins = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = AfricaRegionHumanDevelopmentDepartment = ===== = WWEB_WP_173_print_8-07-09_IrishAid_logo.pdfEB_WP_173_print_8-07-09_IrishAid_logo.pdf 1 88/7/2009/7/2009 112:00:592:00:59 PPMM Copyright©=2009 TheInternationalBank=forReconstructionandDevelopment=/TheWorldBank 1818HStreet,N.W. Washington,D.C.20433,U.S.A. 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ISBN9780821380659ISBN9780821380765=(electronic)= 1.CombinationofgradesAfrica,SubSaharanCasestudies.2.EducationAfrica, SubSaharanCasestudies.==I.WorldBank. =LB1029.C53M8562009 =371.2509678dc22 =================================== ======2009023098= = WWEB_WP_173_print_8-07-09_IrishAid_logo.pdfEB_WP_173_print_8-07-09_IrishAid_logo.pdf 2 88/7/2009/7/2009 112:01:142:01:14 PPMM Contents= Foreword .....................................................................................................................................v Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................................vi AbbreviationsandAcronyms .............................................................................................. vii ExecutiveSummary............................................................................................................... viii 1.Introduction............................................................................................................................1 2.RelevanceofMultigradeTeachinginSubSaharanAfrica ...........................................2 EducationforAll.................................................................................................................2 SchoolAccessinRemoteAreas.........................................................................................3 WorldwideUseofMultigradeTeaching .........................................................................5 AssociatedBenefitsofMultigradeTeaching...................................................................6 3.TheNatureof=MultigradeTeaching ..................................................................................9 AlternativestoMultigradeStrategies ..............................................................................9 OrganizationofMultigradeTeaching............................................................................ 11 4.MultigradeSchooling=inPractice ..................................................................................... 13 Uganda ............................................................................................................................... 13 Senegal................................................................................................................................ 16 TheGambia........................................................................................................................ 18 5.PolicyIssuesforMultigradeEducation .......................................................................... 21 CurriculumFlexibility...................................................................................................... 21 ClassSize............................................................................................................................ 23 SchoolManagement ......................................................................................................... 23 TeachingandLearningResources.................................................................................. 24 TheInvolvementandSupportofParentsandtheCommunity ................................. 25 FinancialImplications ...................................................................................................... 26 6.Recommendations............................................................................................................... 28 TeacherPerceptionofMultigradeTeaching ................................................................. 28 TeacherTraining ............................................................................................................... 28 ProfessionalSupport ........................................................................................................ 29 TeacherRetention .............................................................................................................3 0 7.Conclusion............................................................................................................................ 32 References................................................................................................................................. 36 = iii WWEB_WP_173_print_8-07-09_IrishAid_logo.pdfEB_WP_173_print_8-07-09_IrishAid_logo.pdf 3 88/7/2009/7/2009 112:01:142:01:14 PPMM iv Contents Tables Table1:CalculationofPopulationRequiredtoSupportaFullPrimarySchool ..............3 Table2:MultigradeClasses/SchoolsinDevelopedCountries............................................5 Table3:EstimatesoftheProportionofMultigradeClassesorSchoolsin DevelopingCountries .......................................................................................................5 Table4:PrimarySchoolsinUgandawithLessthanSevenTeachers .............................. 13 Table5:PassRateintheCFEE(CertificateofElementaryCompletion),2005–06.......... 18 Table6:ComparisonofTeacherCostsinMultigradeandMonogradeSchools (basedonsevengradesinprimaryeducation)............................................................ 27 Table7:Uganda:Resultsforthe2005PrimaryLeavingExamination(PLE) .................. 32 = Figures Figure1:GERandDistancetoSchool,RuralAccessInitiative...........................................4 = Boxes Box1:ReflectionsofaTeacherinaOneTeacherSchool(ECU) ....................................... 18 Box2:ResourceMaterials—EscuelaNueva......................................................................... 25 Box3:Parents’CommentsaboutMultigradeSchoolinginUganda ................................ 26 Box4:SenegaleseTeachersCommentsaboutMultigradeTeaching............................... 28 Box5:AMultigradeTeacher’sView .................................................................................... 30 Box6:MultigradeTeaching—AnExperienceinLesotho .................................................. 31 = WWEB_WP_173_print_8-07-09_IrishAid_logo.pdfEB_WP_173_print_8-07-09_IrishAid_logo.pdf 4 88/7/2009/7/2009 112:01:142:01:14 PPMM Foreword rovision of a= basic= education for the poorest and most marginalized= children= Penhancestheireconomic,health,andsocialopportunities.Itisforthisreasonthat= ensuring that= children everywhere are able to complete a= full course of primary educationisoneoftheMillenniumDevelopmentGoals,anda=keypartof=theglobal= efforttoreducepoverty.Inthelastdecades,=greatprogresshasbeenmadetowardthis goal.Enrollmentrateshave=risentohistoriclevels,andtherearenowmorechildrenin= school= than at any other time in= history. But there remain= an estimated 75 million childrenoutofschool,almosthalfoftheminSubSaharanAfrica.Amongtheseoutof