Research Catalog

Title

Recruiting, retaining, and retraining secondary school teachers and principals in Sub-Saharan Africa / Aidan Mulkeen ... [et al.].

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, Africa Region, Human Development Dept., c2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mulkeen, Aidan.
• World Bank. Africa Regional Office. Human Development Department.

Description

xvi, 75 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

"This working paper is based on country case studies of Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Tanzania, and Uganda, and an extensive literature review. In many parts of Africa, the demand for secondary teachers substantially exceeds the supply, due to factors such as secondary teacher attrition, bottlenecks in the teacher preparation system, and perceived unattractive conditions of service. Few countries have strong policies, strategies, and programs for recruiting able secondary school graduates to secondary teaching. The paper suggests several critical and promising areas for improvement in the quality of secondary teachers through new approaches to recruitment; pre-service and in-service teacher development; and improvements in the deployment, utilization, compensation, and conditions of service for teachers."--book jacket.

Series Statement

• Africa human development series
• World Bank working paper, 1726-5878 ; no. 99

Uniform Title

• ebrary.
• World Bank working paper no. 99.
• Africa Region human development series.

Subject

• High school teachers > Recruiting > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Teacher turnover > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Prevention
• High school teachers > In-service training > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• High school teachers > Job satisfaction > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• High school principals > Recruiting > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• High school principals > In-service training > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• High school principals > Job satisfaction > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Employee retention > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Labor turnover > Africa, Sub-Saharan

Note

• "Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA), Africa Region Human Development Department."
• "Aidan Mulkeen, David W. Chapman, Joan G. DeJaeghere, Elizabeth Leu."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-75).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Review of the literature on secondary teacher and principal recruitment, retention, and retraining -- Field study of secondary teachers, principals, and decisionmakers -- Recommendations.

ISBN

• 9780821370667
• 0821370669
• 9780821370674 (eISBN)
• 0821370677 (eISBN)

LCCN

^^2007297493

OCLC

• 123493257
• SCSB-10638476

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library