In Africa, many are in school but not learning

Ursula Schwantner

In Africa, many are in school but not learning

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

ACER analysis for UNICEF examines the major impediments to children’s learning as a considerable proportion of students in Eastern and Southern African schools do not reach expected basic learning benchmarks in numeracy and literacy.

Original language	English
Journal	International Developments
Publication status	Published - 30 Oct 2017

Keywords

Basic skills
Benchmarking
Developing countries
Eastern Africa
Literacy
Monitoring (Assessment)
Numeracy
Southern Africa
UNICEF

Disciplines

International and Comparative Education

Access to Document

https://research.acer.edu.au/intdev/vol7/iss7/6

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