STORY HIGHLIGHTS In 2015, only 55 girls out of 100 were able to transition to lower secondary school, mostly because schools were too far from their homes. The government of Mauritania, with support from GPE, has built more schools in remote areas with high populations to meet the demand. Now more girls are able to […]
A research conducted on the social effect of volunteerism evaluates if and how the national and community service has influenced the general public as a whole. This study distinguishes the particular social impacts of volunteerism, for example, on the economy, social welfare and the volunteers as people. The study presents existing proof from past researches,
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Kenya is committed to becoming a newly industrialized nation by 2030 and acknowledges that quality education is vital to achieving this vision. Within a short time and with GPE support, Kenya has made impressive progress, including a 70% reduction in the cost of textbooks, the equal enrollment of girls and boys, and the
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“This is your feeder system,” says Robert Pianta, the Dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. “The kinds of experiences that are accruing in these early settings matter. Even if you look to age 16 in those kids, there are still significant effects from those early experiences.” From local, network and
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Primary education is the aspect of the basic education offered to every child of school age say, between the ages 4 to 11. It is the foundation of education, where children are prepared for post primary education and tertiary education. At this level of education pupils is taught the basic skills of learning, and it
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1. Access to Basic Education by Children of School Age: Children of school age in Nigeria have been given access to basic education. This is evident in the adoption and the launching of the universal basic education by the federal government, where education is made free and compulsory to all children of school age. The
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” The importance of education to a nation can not be over emphasized, in most parts of the world education is regarded as a fundamental human right. Education is one of the basic criteria to measure the growth and development of any nation. Sadly the level, quality and
