Can Your Child Read and Count? Measuring Learning Outcomes in East Africa
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Can Your Child Read and Count? Measuring Learning Outcomes in East Africa. / Jones, Edward Samuel; Schipper, Youdi; Ruto, Sara; Rajani, Rakesh.
In: Journal of African Economies, Vol. 23, No. 5, 2014, p. 643-672.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Can Your Child Read and Count? Measuring Learning Outcomes in East Africa
AU - Jones, Edward Samuel
AU - Schipper, Youdi
AU - Ruto, Sara
AU - Rajani, Rakesh
N1 - JEL Classification: I21, I25, I28
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The last 15 years have seen major changes to education systems in East Africa. Superficially, there is much to commend. Net primary enrolment rates have risen to over 90% alongside significant improvements in gender equity. Nonetheless, there are growing concerns that better access is not adding up to more learning. This paper introduces unique test score data collected by Twaweza's Uwezo initiative for over 600,000 children across East Africa, including children enrolled and not enrolled in school. Using these data we show that many children in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda remain functionally illiterate or innumerate, despite having completed multiple years of school.
AB - The last 15 years have seen major changes to education systems in East Africa. Superficially, there is much to commend. Net primary enrolment rates have risen to over 90% alongside significant improvements in gender equity. Nonetheless, there are growing concerns that better access is not adding up to more learning. This paper introduces unique test score data collected by Twaweza's Uwezo initiative for over 600,000 children across East Africa, including children enrolled and not enrolled in school. Using these data we show that many children in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda remain functionally illiterate or innumerate, despite having completed multiple years of school.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Education
KW - East Africa
KW - Tanzania
KW - Uganda
KW - Kenya
U2 - 10.1093/jae/eju009
DO - 10.1093/jae/eju009
M3 - Journal article
VL - 23
SP - 643
EP - 672
JO - Journal of African Economies
JF - Journal of African Economies
SN - 0963-8024
IS - 5
ER -
ID: 129978997