Preparing Schools for Children

From Bisongo to Satellite Schools: Responding to the Need for Integrated Child Development in Burkina Faso
This paper reviews the results of these alternative educational solutions since 1995, particularly as regards access and gender parity, and discusses the prospects of taking them to scale.
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Conference paper
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English, French
Year
2006
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Making Schools Friendly for Small Children
By WEBLEY, Kate
This paper addresses a key issue in basic education, the difficulties that children experience adapting to school and attendant high repetition rates in first grade. This will be addressed from two perspectives, the readiness of children as they...
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Conference paper
Language(s)
English, French
Year
2006
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Exploring the Links Between Adult Education and Children's Literacy: A Case Study of the Family Literacy Project, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
By SNOEKS, Desmond
The Family Literacy Project is a small non government organization (NGO) from rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. In most societies children grow up with their parents or a close family member, a grandparent or aunt. These adults, along with older...
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Conference paper
Language(s)
English, French
Year
2006
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