NDLI: The Challenge of Increasing Access and Improving Quality: An Analysis of Universal Primary Education Interventions in Kenya and Tanzania since the 1970s

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Author	Sifuna, Daniel N.
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	This article shows how interventions to provide Universal Primary Education (UPE) from the 1970s into the twenty-first century affected efforts to improve the quality of primary education in Kenya and Tanzania. While the interventions have made significant differences in the lives of many communities by increasing access to education of children who would have been denied schooling, quality indicators (including attrition and completion rates and examination scores) have stagnated at best or declined. Efforts to ensure and maintain quality in primary education in the two countries are reported to face serious challenges, including mainly inadequate funding to ensure the provision of essential teaching and learning materials, appropriate infrastructure as well as a sufficient number of competent teachers.COMMENT AMÉLIORER LA QUALITÉ DE L’ÉDUCATION PRIMAIRE UNIVERSELLE AU KENYA ET EN TANZANIE ET Y FACILITER L’ACCÈS : ANALYSE DES ACTIONS ENTREPRISES DANS CE DOMAINE DEPUIS LES ANNÉES 70 - Cet article montre comment les interventions visant la scolarisation primaire universelle au Kenya et en Tanzanie depuis les annÉes 1970 ont affectÉ la qualitÉ de l’enseignement primaire dans ces deux pays. Les diverses interventions ont permis à des enfants, qui autrement n’auraient pas eu droit à l’Éducation, d’avoir accÈs à l’École. En revanche, les indicateurs de qualitÉ, notamment les taux d’abandon, d’achÈvement et de rÉussite aux examens nationaux, ont stagnÉ voir regressÉ. Cela est attributable au fait que les efforts pour assurer et maintenir la quality de l’Éducation primaire dans ces deux pays fait face à de sÉrieux defies, en l’occurrence, un financement inappropriÉ ne permettant pas de fournir les matÉriels basiques d’enseignement et d’apprentissage, une infrastructure appropriÉe et un nombre suffisant d’enseignants compÉtents.HERAUSFORDERUNGEN BEI DER ZUGANGSSTEIGERUNG UND QUALITÄTSVERBESSERUNG: EINE ANALYSE DER MASSNAHMEN ZUR UNIVERSALEN GRUNDSCHULBILDUNG IN KENIA UND TANSANIA SEIT DEN 1970er JAHREN – Dieser Artikel zeigt, in welcher Weise die Maßnahmen zur Bereitstellung universaler Grundschulbildung (UPE), die seit den 1970er Jahren bis ins 21. Jahrhundert in Kenia und Tansania vorgenommen wurden, die Bemühungen zur QualitÄtsverbesserung der Grundschulbildung beeinflussten. WÄhrend diese Maßnahmen im Leben vieler Gemeinden zu betrÄchtlichen VerÄnderungen führten aufgrund des verbesserten Bildungszugangs für Kinder, denen eine Beschulung sonst verwehrt geblieben wÄre, kam es gleichzeitig zu einer Stagnation oder sogar Absenkung von QualitÄtsmerkmalen wie Abschluss- und Abbruchsraten und Examensleistungen. Es wird berichtet, dass die Bemühungen zur QualitÄtssicherung und –aufrechterhaltung der Grundschulbildung in beiden LÄndern auf ernsthafte Herausforderungen treffen. Diese bestehen vor allem in der unzureichenden Finanzierung und Bereitstellung von Basislehr- und Lernmaterialien, einer angemessenen Infrakstruktur sowie der Anstellung einer ausreichenden Menge kompetenter Lehrer.EL RETO MEJORAR EL ACCESO Y LA CALIDAD: UN ANÁLISIS DE LAS INVERTENCIONES EN LA EDUCACIÓN PRIMARIA UNIVERSAL EN KENIA Y TANZANIA DESDE LA DÉCADA DEL 70 - Este artículo muestra cÓmo las intervenciones realizadas para proveer una EducaciÓn Primaria Universal desde la dÉcada del setenta del siglo pasado hasta el siglo veintiuno han afectado los esfuerzos realizados para mejorar la calidad de la educaciÓn primaria en Kenia y Tanzania. Mientras que las intervenciones causaron diferencias significantes en las vidas de muchas comunidades, al incrementar el acceso a la educaciÓn para niños que habrían estado privados del derecho de aprender, los indicadores muestran que la calidad (incluyendo tasas de abandono y completaciÓn y puntajes en los exÁmenes) se ha estancado en el mejor de los casos o ha decaído. Hay que constatar que los esfuerzos tendientes a asegurar y mantener la calidad en la educaciÓn primaria de ambos países deben enfrentar serios desafíos, tales como una financiaciÓn inadecuada para la provisiÓn de materiales bÁsicos de enseñanza y aprendizaje, de una infraestructura adecuada y de un número suficiente de docentes competentes.
Starting Page	687
Ending Page	699
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00208566
Journal	International Review of Education
Volume Number	53
Issue Number	5-6
e-ISSN	15730638
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2007-08-21
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Education (general)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education E-learning

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