Ensuring All Children Learn

Lessons from the South on What Works in Equity and Inclusion

Ishmael I. Munene

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2021
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781978781313
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Theory & Practice

Ensuring All Children Learn: Lessons from the South on What Works in Equity and Inclusion brings together a rich tapestry of cases from three southern continents focusing on issues germane to the access, learning, and retention in basic education in the context of Education for All (EFA). It is a narrative of both the disappointment that the implementation of EFA did not go as envisaged and of policy alternatives and hopes for a brighter future. The focus on Africa, Asia, and Latin America permits the reader to appreciate both the diversity of issues central to EFA and the physical spread of the challenges. The book confirms that whereas southern countries have adopted EFA as an overall policy goal, empirical evidence from the case studies uncovers critical lapses in policies and strategies. Four key issues inform the thematic analysis in the book: the overall experience in implementing EFA, the specific challenges faced, the lessons learned, and prospects for the future. The solutions to these challenges provide avenues for the attainment of basic education for all school-eligible children in tandem with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 on education.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Introduction: Education for All: Equity and Inclusion in the South 
• Part I: Framing the Issues
• Chapter 1: Equity and Inclusion in Education for All: What Works in the South
• Part II: Cases from Africa
• Chapter 2: Factors Affecting Learning Outcomes of Marginalized Girls in Meru, Laikipia, and Mombasa Counties in Kenya
• Chapter 3: What Age Should Our Children Start Schooling to Optimize on Learning Outcomes?
• Chapter 4: Linking Socioeconomic Background to Learning Outcomes: New Evidence from Nigeria
• Chapter 5: How Remediation Helps to Improve Children’s Educational Learnings in Primary Education in Senegal
• Chapter 6: Scaling Teaching at the Right Level: Insights from the Catch Up Literacy and Numeracy Intervention in Zambia
• Part III: Findings from Asia
• Chapter 7: Evidence-Based Decision-Making for Policy and Practice: The Case of Pre-Primary in Punjab, India
• Chapter 8: Bringing Girls Back to School: Measuring the Effectiveness of Second-Chance Program for Adolescent Girls in South Punjab, Pakistan
• Chapter 9: Local Perspectives, Global Goals: Reflections from Citizen-Led Assessments on Measuring Learning Outcomes in Nepal
• Part IV: Evidence from Latin America
• Chapter 10: An Approach to Basic Learning for Life in the Mexican Southeast: Citizenship, Emotion Management, and Self-Care ⤀
• Chapter 11: Improvement in Basic Learning through the Scaling Up of Educational Innovations
• Chapter 12: Evidence-Based Practices: Effects on Literacy and Numeracy Using Teaching at the Right Level Approach in Mexico ⤀
• Part V: Results from Comparative Analysis
• Chapter 13: Exploring Learning Outcomes in Multi-Grade and Mono-Grade Classrooms: Case Studies from India and Pakistan
• Chapter 14: Exploring Citizen-Led Assessment Data to Investigate Disparities in Learning Outcomes for Out-of-School and In-School Children: Evidence from Pakistan and Tanzania
• Part VI: Epilogue
• Chapter 15: Postscript: Honor the Past, Embrace the Future, Live in the Present: The Future of Equity and Inclusion in EFA in the South 
• Index
• About the Contributors