Teachers in Anglophone Africa : Issues in Teacher Supply, Training, and Management

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ISBN: 9780821380536 | 0821380532
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/2/2009

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Teachers are at the heart of good education, and good teacher policies are essential to ensure adequate supply, deployment and management of teachers. Enrollment in primary education has grown rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet teacher policy in the region has often evolved without clear planning; in the absence of an overall strategy, countries have experienced serious problem with teacher supply and deployment, as well as with the quality of teaching.

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xv
Overview	p. 1
Supply	p. 1
Deployment	p. 2
Utilization	p. 3
Impact of HIV	p. 4
Teacher Training	p. 4
Management	p. 5
The Teacher Career Structure	p. 6
Teacher Finance	p. 7
Teacher Issues-An Interconnected System	p. 8
Promising Practices	p. 8
Introduction	p. 13
Context: Teachers and Trends	p. 15
Note	p. 20
Teacher Provision
Teacher Supply	p. 23
Teacher Shortages	p. 24
Subject-Specific Shortages	p. 27
School Leavers as a Constraint on Teacher Training	p. 28
Planning for Teacher Supply	p. 30
Guidelines for Planning Teacher Supply	p. 35
Directions for Policy Makers	p. 38
Teacher Deployment: Getting Teachers to the Right Places	p. 41
Uneven Teacher Distribution	p. 42
Deployment Systems	p. 45
Directions for Policy Makers	p. 52
Teacher Utilization	p. 61
Teacher Workloads	p. 62
Double-Shift Teaching	p. 66
Multigrade Teaching	p. 68
Directions for Policy Makers	p. 68
Note	p. 70
Teacher Training
Pre-Service Teacher Training	p. 73
Structure and Duration of Initial Teacher Training	p. 73
Content of Initial Teacher Training	p. 81
Teaching Practice	p. 84
Teacher Trainers	p. 87
Directions for Policy Makers	p. 88
Note	p. 90
In-Service Training for Unqualified and Upgrading Teachers	p. 91
In-service Training for Unqualified Teachers	p. 91
Upgrading Qualifications	p. 95
In-service Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Support Systems	p. 96
Directions for Policy Makers	p. 101
After They are Qualified: Teachers as Professionals
Supervision of Teachers
School Head Teachers	p. 108
Supervision and Inspection	p. 112
Teachers Unions	p. 116
Community Involvement: PTAs and SMCs	p. 118
Directions for Policy Makers	p. 120
Note	p. 122
Teacher Absence, Pay Distribution, and Discipline	p. 123
Teacher Absenteeism	p. 123
Responses to Absenteeism	p. 126
Ghost Teachers	p. 131
Delivery of Pay	p. 131
Disciplinary Systems	p. 135
Directions for Policy Makers	p. 136
The Teaching Career	p. 139
The Dominance of Permanent Public-Service Teachers	p. 140
Teacher Salary Progression	p. 142
Opportunities for Promotion	p. 143
Paid Study Leave	p. 146
Directions for Policy Makers	p. 147
Financing Teachers
Teacher Finance	p. 151
The Challenge of Education Finance	p. 152
Primary Teacher Remuneration	p. 155
Financing the Expansion of Secondary Education	p. 161
Implications for Policy Makers	p. 163
Note	p. 164
Conclusion
Challenges, Trends, and Promising Practices	p. 167
Supply	p. 167
Distribution	p. 170
Utilization	p. 172
Training	p. 173
Management	p. 175
Teacher Finance	p. 179
Gender Perspective	p. 180
HIV	p. 180
Teacher Issues-An Interconnected System	p. 182
Promising Practices	p. 185
Refereces	p. 189
Index	p. 193
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