School leadership in West Africa: Findings from a systematic literature review

T Bush, D Glover - Africa Education Review, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The literature shows that leadership is the second most important factor influencing school
and learner outcomes, including levels of literacy and numeracy, school leaving …

A theory of informal and formal social citizenship and welfare

J Nordensvärd, M Ketola - Journal of Social Policy, 2024 - cambridge.org
Formal social citizenship is limited in how it enables us to think about informal social
citizenship and informal welfare. This informal perspective is important in all contexts where …

[图书][B] Education outcomes and poverty

C Colclough, C Colclough - 2012 - api.taylorfrancis.com
This book examines the impact of education on the lives and livelihoods of people in
developing countries, particularly those living in poorer areas and from poorer households. It …

Who gets to go to school? Exploring the micro-politics of girls' education in Ghana

AG Akuffo - International Journal of Qualitative Studies in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Government implemented education access policies occupy a prominent place in the
discourse on access to education. Education access issues have, thus, been examined …

[图书][B] Dignity of Labour for African Leaders: The Formation of Education Policy in the British Colonial Office and Achimota School

S Yamada - 2018 - books.google.com
From 1910 to the 1930s, educating Africans was a major preoccupation in the metropole
and in the colonies of imperial Britain. This richly researched book untangles the discourse …

Gender and education policy in Ghana: The impact of informal citizenship and informal labour markets on the formal education of girls

J Nordensvard - Women's Studies International Forum, 2014 - Elsevier
Gender has become a key determinant for access to formal education in Ghana. Ghana has
a reputation for having an exemplary education policy on paper with free education for …

A riddle explained: Gender disparities in East African education

TL Zuze - African Review of Economics and Finance, 2015 - journals.co.za
There can be little question that studying the relationship between education and inequality
will benefit public investment in education. Although primary school enrollment for African …

Using political metaphors to understand educational policy in developing countries: the case of Ghana and informal communities

J Nordensvard - Policy Futures in Education, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This article suggests that one needs to consider education as inherently political to better
understand some of the problems in education policy in developing countries. It suggests …

'Free things are not quality': exploring quality in Ghana's free senior high school programme

P Boateng - 2024 - sussex.figshare.com
Ghana's 2017 Free SHS (FSHS) policy is its boldest attempt to transform secondary
education (SE) to date. A long-standing constitutional and electoral promise, the policy …

Changing forms of provision: What impact on education outcomes in Ghana and Pakistan?

S Fennell, G Agbley, R Malik… - … Outcomes and Poverty, 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
New partnerships in education are often regarded as a means of securing greater access
and improved quality by combining the best characteristics of both the state and the private …