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2) Synthesis of findings from 10 interdisciplinary research projects conducted by young researchers on the quality of education in West and Central Africa / ERNWACA
Titre : 2) Synthesis of findings from 10 interdisciplinary research projects conducted by young researchers on the quality of education in West and Central Africa Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA , Auteur
Editeur : Bamako, Mali : ERNWACA Année de publication : 2003 Note générale : Synthesis of findings from 10 interdisciplinary research projects conducted by young researchers on the quality of education in West and Central Africa
Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : ERNWACA Small Grants Program for Education Research mobilizes 30 young researchers, senior researchers as mentors, and national institutions as partners
ERNWACA launched the first edition of its Small Grants Program for Education Research from its regional coordination based in Bamako, Mali, in October 2001 with a Call for Proposals. Over a period of 10 months in 2002, interdisciplinary teams of young researchers and education specialists conducted 10 research projects aimed at finding ways to improve the quality of education. Themes were prioritized by ERNWACA’s national coordinators from a dozen countries at their 2002 Dakar Strategy Session. The research was conducted in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo. It was funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC).
The objective was to improve national and regional research capacity by creating the opportunity for young researchers, with support from more senior researchers, to produce quality research that responds to the expressed needs of organizations likely to use its results, and to positively impact the evolution of educational policies and practices in West and Central Africa.
Catégories : Subventions ROCARE - ERNWACA Grants:2002-2003 En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/Synthesis_of_findings_from_10_interdisciplinary.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : 2) Synthesis of findings from 10 interdisciplinary research projects conducted by young researchers on the quality of education in West and Central Africa [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
Synthesis of findings from 10 interdisciplinary research projects conducted by young researchers on the quality of education in West and Central Africa
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : ERNWACA Small Grants Program for Education Research mobilizes 30 young researchers, senior researchers as mentors, and national institutions as partners
ERNWACA launched the first edition of its Small Grants Program for Education Research from its regional coordination based in Bamako, Mali, in October 2001 with a Call for Proposals. Over a period of 10 months in 2002, interdisciplinary teams of young researchers and education specialists conducted 10 research projects aimed at finding ways to improve the quality of education. Themes were prioritized by ERNWACA’s national coordinators from a dozen countries at their 2002 Dakar Strategy Session. The research was conducted in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo. It was funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC).
The objective was to improve national and regional research capacity by creating the opportunity for young researchers, with support from more senior researchers, to produce quality research that responds to the expressed needs of organizations likely to use its results, and to positively impact the evolution of educational policies and practices in West and Central Africa.
Catégories : Subventions ROCARE - ERNWACA Grants:2002-2003 En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/Synthesis_of_findings_from_10_interdisciplinary.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : Exemplaires
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Titre : 2003-2004 - ERNWACA Annual Report Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/Annualreport2003-2004_En.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : 2003-2004 - ERNWACA Annual Report [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/Annualreport2003-2004_En.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : Exemplaires
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Titre : 2005 - ERNWACA Annual Report Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Année de publication : 2005 Note générale : Annual Report for 2005 Langues : Français (fre) Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ErnwacaAnnualReport2005En.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : 2005 - ERNWACA Annual Report [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
Annual Report for 2005
Langues : Français (fre)
Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ErnwacaAnnualReport2005En.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : Exemplaires
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Titre : Doing Action Research for Quality Education:A Handbook for Researchers and Practitioners in West and Central Africa Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Année de publication : 2003 Note générale : Doing Action Research for Quality Education:A Handbook for Researchers and Practitioners in West and Central Africa Langues : Français (fre) Catégories : Subventions ROCARE - ERNWACA Grants:Methodologie de la recherche - Research methodology
Etudes Transnationales - Transnational StudiesEn ligne : http://www.rocare.org/Manuel%20Recherche%20Action%20ROCARE_ERNWACA%20research%20action%20handbook%202003_05_08.pdf Doing Action Research for Quality Education:A Handbook for Researchers and Practitioners in West and Central Africa [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
Doing Action Research for Quality Education:A Handbook for Researchers and Practitioners in West and Central Africa
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Titre : Education Research Response to HIV/AIDS in West and Central Africa Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Editeur : Bamako, Mali : ERNWACA Année de publication : 2004 Note générale : Education Research Response to HIV/AIDS in West and Central Africa
ERNWACA and IIEP Regional Workshop.16-18 June, Bamako, Mali (Disponible en français)Langues : Français (fre) Résumé : HIV/AIDS has hit Africa hard with infection rates are as high as 36% in Botswana and 38% in Swaziland. Can ERNWACA member countries, where HIV infection rates vary from .5% in Senegal to 9.7% in Cote d’Ivoire and 11.8% in Cameroon adopt a strategic response and curb its impact on development and in particular on educational systems? What contribution has educational research made and where should it go from here?
These questions were among those debated at the regional workshop organized by the Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA) and UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP, Paris) in Bamako from 16-18 June 2004, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health of Mali.
About thirty persons attended (34% women), including 10 ERNWACA researchers from seven member countries, policymakers from Mali, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, and Nigeria, representatives from teacher unions, and other partners including UNESCO and UNAIDS, the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the new Mobile Task Team (MTT) for West Africa, the Family and Schooling in Africa (FASAF) research network of the Union for African Population Study (UAPS), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the ADEA Working Group on Education Sector Analysis (WGESA).
ERNWACA researchers presented reviews of HIV/AIDS and education policies, strategies, and research from six member countries – Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal. This review of literature covering the past 5 to 10 years, conducted in 2003 and early 2004, showed that:
• HIV/AIDS contributes to absenteeism and death of teachers, students, and education administrative personnel and threatens the quality of teaching and learning;
• though national policies are still being developed, most countries have put in place structures and strategies to deal with HIV/AIDS, including in the education sector; • youth are particularly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, especially girls;
• preventive education has been attempted, with mixed results;
• care for those infected and affected with AIDS diverts resources from other programs;
• current interventions are uncoordinated;
• actions to mitigate the impact on educational systems have not been undertaken;
• statistics on the impact of HIV/AIDS on educational systems are incomplete and weak;
• current research is fragmented and does not appear to inform national policy.
After reviewing the literature and identifying information gaps, researchers, policymakers and practitioners agreed that research is required in the following areas:
• Impact of HIV/AIDS on teachers and administrative personnel and teacher management;
• Situation of infected and affected learners, particularly orphans;
• Evaluation of strategies to teach prevention including peer education and life skills approach;
Role, influence and involvement of local actors and partners (families, PTAs, NGOs, community leaders, etc.).
The workshop is part of a process that began with ERNWACA’s decision to work on HIV/AIDS and should culminate in the appropriation and implementation of its regional research agenda.
• In March 2001, researchers from six ERNWACA member countries attended the first regional conference on HIV/AIDS and education, organized by UNESCO in collaboration with the ministry of education of Ghana, in Elmina. The objective of the conference was to move toward a regional strategy.
• At its February 2002 Dakar Strategy Session, ERNWACA developed its 2002-2010 work plan and the impact of HIV/AIDS on education was identified as second of eight priority research issues.
• In 2003, ERNWACA began to implement its HIV/AIDS and education work plan in collaboration with the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP/UNESCO, Paris). Almost 100 policy and research documents from five ERNWACA member countries were collected, abstracted, numerised from a regional hub in Bamako.
• In 2004, ERNWACA synthesized the findings of the document collection and shared them at the June workshop in Bamako where a regional research agenda was elaborated;
• In 2005, ERNWACA plans to partner to undertake transnational research that will help national policymakers better understand the specific impacts of HIV/AIDS on educational systems and know effective responses.
Because the fight against HIV/AIDS requires a united front, ERNWACA is creating a task force for HIV/AIDS and education research in West and Central Africa and plans to collaborate with national, regional, and international partners to reinforce researcher capacity on HIV/AIDS and education issue and produce new and reliable information for educational planning in the context of HIV/AIDS.Catégories : Recherche VIH SIDA - HIV AIDS Research En ligne : http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/ev.php?ID=4582_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC Education Research Response to HIV/AIDS in West and Central Africa [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
Education Research Response to HIV/AIDS in West and Central Africa
ERNWACA and IIEP Regional Workshop.16-18 June, Bamako, Mali (Disponible en français)
Langues : Français (fre)
Résumé : HIV/AIDS has hit Africa hard with infection rates are as high as 36% in Botswana and 38% in Swaziland. Can ERNWACA member countries, where HIV infection rates vary from .5% in Senegal to 9.7% in Cote d’Ivoire and 11.8% in Cameroon adopt a strategic response and curb its impact on development and in particular on educational systems? What contribution has educational research made and where should it go from here?
These questions were among those debated at the regional workshop organized by the Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA) and UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP, Paris) in Bamako from 16-18 June 2004, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health of Mali.
About thirty persons attended (34% women), including 10 ERNWACA researchers from seven member countries, policymakers from Mali, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, and Nigeria, representatives from teacher unions, and other partners including UNESCO and UNAIDS, the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the new Mobile Task Team (MTT) for West Africa, the Family and Schooling in Africa (FASAF) research network of the Union for African Population Study (UAPS), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the ADEA Working Group on Education Sector Analysis (WGESA).
ERNWACA researchers presented reviews of HIV/AIDS and education policies, strategies, and research from six member countries – Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal. This review of literature covering the past 5 to 10 years, conducted in 2003 and early 2004, showed that:
• HIV/AIDS contributes to absenteeism and death of teachers, students, and education administrative personnel and threatens the quality of teaching and learning;
• though national policies are still being developed, most countries have put in place structures and strategies to deal with HIV/AIDS, including in the education sector; • youth are particularly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, especially girls;
• preventive education has been attempted, with mixed results;
• care for those infected and affected with AIDS diverts resources from other programs;
• current interventions are uncoordinated;
• actions to mitigate the impact on educational systems have not been undertaken;
• statistics on the impact of HIV/AIDS on educational systems are incomplete and weak;
• current research is fragmented and does not appear to inform national policy.
After reviewing the literature and identifying information gaps, researchers, policymakers and practitioners agreed that research is required in the following areas:
• Impact of HIV/AIDS on teachers and administrative personnel and teacher management;
• Situation of infected and affected learners, particularly orphans;
• Evaluation of strategies to teach prevention including peer education and life skills approach;
Role, influence and involvement of local actors and partners (families, PTAs, NGOs, community leaders, etc.).
The workshop is part of a process that began with ERNWACA’s decision to work on HIV/AIDS and should culminate in the appropriation and implementation of its regional research agenda.
• In March 2001, researchers from six ERNWACA member countries attended the first regional conference on HIV/AIDS and education, organized by UNESCO in collaboration with the ministry of education of Ghana, in Elmina. The objective of the conference was to move toward a regional strategy.
• At its February 2002 Dakar Strategy Session, ERNWACA developed its 2002-2010 work plan and the impact of HIV/AIDS on education was identified as second of eight priority research issues.
• In 2003, ERNWACA began to implement its HIV/AIDS and education work plan in collaboration with the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP/UNESCO, Paris). Almost 100 policy and research documents from five ERNWACA member countries were collected, abstracted, numerised from a regional hub in Bamako.
• In 2004, ERNWACA synthesized the findings of the document collection and shared them at the June workshop in Bamako where a regional research agenda was elaborated;
• In 2005, ERNWACA plans to partner to undertake transnational research that will help national policymakers better understand the specific impacts of HIV/AIDS on educational systems and know effective responses.
Because the fight against HIV/AIDS requires a united front, ERNWACA is creating a task force for HIV/AIDS and education research in West and Central Africa and plans to collaborate with national, regional, and international partners to reinforce researcher capacity on HIV/AIDS and education issue and produce new and reliable information for educational planning in the context of HIV/AIDS.Catégories : Recherche VIH SIDA - HIV AIDS Research En ligne : http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/ev.php?ID=4582_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC Exemplaires
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Titre : ERNWACA 2005-2010 Strategic Action Plan Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Editeur : Bamako, Mali : ERNWACA Année de publication : 2005 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé :
ERNWACA is a unique regional networking instrument that, with broader support, could better contribute to human development, regional integration and sustainable economic growth in Africa. Founded in 1989 in Freetown by highly trained African researchers with a strong desire to make their expertise available for the development of national educational systems, ERNWACA now counts over 250 active member researchers in 13 member countries in West and Central Africa and is growing, in terms of member countries and number of member researchers and diversity of disciplines, professional backgrounds and partner institutions.
ERNWACA invests heavily in learn-by-doing research capacity-building, across geographic, linguistic and disciplinary boundaries and feeds research findings into national public and policy dialogue processes. In so doing ERNWACA contributes to increased research and policy analysis capacity, particularly in institutions of higher learning in Africa, and provides evidence-based information for decision making regarding educational policy and practice.
Over the past 15 years, ERNWACA has learned several lessons in facilitating participatory applied research, in encouraging policy dialogue and in regional networking, which lessons will be reinvested in implementing ERNWACA’s 2005-2010 action plan, articulated around three strategic objectives:
• Reinforce Ernwaca research capacity and quality of processes and products;
• Develop Ernwaca culture of communication and publication;
• Strengthen Ernwaca national coordinations and increase financial autonomy.
In its effort to solidify and Africanize its funding base, ERNWACA is seeking support for both its 2005-2007 and 2008-2010 budgetary cycles. Such support will allow Ernwaca to continue to provide independent and critical perspective on national educational systems, strengthen Ernwaca as a regional institution, and help improve the conditions for education research and dissemination in Africa.
Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ernwaca-sap-2005-2010.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : ERNWACA 2005-2010 Strategic Action Plan [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé :
ERNWACA is a unique regional networking instrument that, with broader support, could better contribute to human development, regional integration and sustainable economic growth in Africa. Founded in 1989 in Freetown by highly trained African researchers with a strong desire to make their expertise available for the development of national educational systems, ERNWACA now counts over 250 active member researchers in 13 member countries in West and Central Africa and is growing, in terms of member countries and number of member researchers and diversity of disciplines, professional backgrounds and partner institutions.
ERNWACA invests heavily in learn-by-doing research capacity-building, across geographic, linguistic and disciplinary boundaries and feeds research findings into national public and policy dialogue processes. In so doing ERNWACA contributes to increased research and policy analysis capacity, particularly in institutions of higher learning in Africa, and provides evidence-based information for decision making regarding educational policy and practice.
Over the past 15 years, ERNWACA has learned several lessons in facilitating participatory applied research, in encouraging policy dialogue and in regional networking, which lessons will be reinvested in implementing ERNWACA’s 2005-2010 action plan, articulated around three strategic objectives:
• Reinforce Ernwaca research capacity and quality of processes and products;
• Develop Ernwaca culture of communication and publication;
• Strengthen Ernwaca national coordinations and increase financial autonomy.
In its effort to solidify and Africanize its funding base, ERNWACA is seeking support for both its 2005-2007 and 2008-2010 budgetary cycles. Such support will allow Ernwaca to continue to provide independent and critical perspective on national educational systems, strengthen Ernwaca as a regional institution, and help improve the conditions for education research and dissemination in Africa.
Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ernwaca-sap-2005-2010.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : Exemplaires
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Titre : ERNWACA 2006 Annual Report with annexes Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Editeur : Bamako, Mali : ERNWACA Année de publication : 2006 Note générale : ERNWACA ANNUAL REPORT 2006
Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ERNWACA 2006 Annual Report_FINAL with annexes.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : ERNWACA 2006 Annual Report with annexes [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
ERNWACA ANNUAL REPORT 2006
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ERNWACA 2006 Annual Report_FINAL with annexes.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : Exemplaires
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Titre : ERNWACA 2007 Annual Report Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Editeur : Bamako, Mali : ERNWACA Année de publication : 2007 Langues : Anglais (eng) Note de contenu : Dear members and partners and other readers,
Are we making our work pertinent for teachers, school directors, professors, and others responsible for ensuring quality education in and out of school and university in ERNWACA’s 14 member countries? Member researchers, who are active citizens and parents and learners from universities and research institutes in their countries, are generally close to the heartbeat of educational concerns at the community and national level. Within the context of the network, they organize activities to stimulate dialogue around research findings. Events are attended by educators, policymakers, planners and journalists and covered by national media.
In Cote d’Ivoire, research on the impact of the political crisis on education brought words of caution at key moments. In Niger, results from a study of contractual teachers were hotly debated publicly. Researchers in Guinea and Benin participated in a 4-country study on the impact of HIV/AIDS on teaching and teachers in formal and non formal education and shared findings at ERNWACA Cafés. Burkina Faso organized an ERWNACA Café to discuss findings from studies on technology, skills development and higher education. Gambia and Mali took part in a 4-country study of Madrassas and other Quoranic Schooling Centres and shared recommendations for more attention to the specific needs of girl students and adequate initial training and professional development for teachers. In Senegal, public discussions of research on private higher education called for more strategic oversight of the sector.
The department of education sciences at the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon has created a section on techno-pedagogy, following up on ERNWACA recommendations. ERNWACA-Cameroon also published a book on moral education and citizenship in use in some secondary schools and teacher training institutes. Togo succeeds in drawing young university students into the network as new members. Sierra Leone and Mauritania participated in 2007 for the first time in the ERNWACA research grants program. ERNWACA-Nigeria moved into new offices at the University of Lagos and benefited from regional support for equipping the office with computers and financing three interdisciplinary research teams.
ERNWACA-Ghana hosted in May meetings of ERNWACA’s regional scientific committee and Board of Directors where it was decided, respectively, to launch the Journal on Educational Research in Africa (JERA) in 2008 and develop a business plan for an endowment fund. ERNWACA-Cote d’Ivoire hosted in July for over 50 participants the regional training for grant recipients in research methodology and scientific writing.
Through the ERNWACA grants program for education research, ERNWACA trained in 2006 and 2007, over two 15 month cycles, 175 young researchers in qualitative and quantitative research methods, and at a rate of 2 000 000 F CFA or about US $ 4 500 per trainee. National coordinators and general secretaries and other coordinating committee members, national scientific committee members, and scientific mentors are on the frontline for quality assurance with support from regional scientific committee members and resource persons. Participants have the opportunity to engage in fieldwork, interface with national partners interested in their research results, exchange electronically with fellow recipients in other ENWACA countries, and publish their reports on the Web and scientific articles in journals.
As a regional Centre of Excellence, ERNWACA received two evaluation visits from the UEMOA in 2007. ERNWACA visited the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to request continued support for the ERNWACA grants program and attended the African Development Bank (ADB) meeting in November in Ouagadougou on skills development and economic development. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed with CODESRIA, particularly to strengthen the publishing culture and processes of ERNWACA. ERNWACA regional visited with the new Minister of Basic Education, Literacy, and National Languages in Mali and will do the same with the ministries of secondary and higher education and research, of culture, and of communications in 2008.
A transnational research proposal on learning intersectoral lessons from decentralization of education, health and water was submitted. A paper is being prepared for the ADEA Biennale in 2008 on how use of computers and Internet in secondary school prepares for university. In cooperation with the University of Montreal, ERNWACA launched the Research Agenda on the Pedagogical Integration of Information and Communication Technologies (PanAf) in ten countries in all regions of the continent, after the methodology workshops in Bamako and Nairobi. Project work was conducted for UNESCO and USAID. ECOBANK Foundation and OSIWA remain partners for wide sharing of African education expertise. ERNWACA benefited in 2007 from renewed institutional support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Swiss Development Cooperation. Note that over 50% of funds received at the regional coordination office where spent at national level or for member travel and that internal financial audits took place in Mali, Burkina, and Ghana and will continue in 2008.
Money is necessary, but people make the difference. If ERNWACA has gained in national and regional visibility and legitimacy in recent years, it is certainly due to the commitment and idealism of core groups of members and the desire and opportunity to come together and work across borders on issues of common concern. I look forward to the internal and external evaluation of the network in 2008.
Kathryn Touré, Regional Coordinator
Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ERNWACA%20Annual%20Report%202007.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : ERNWACA 2007 Annual Report [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Note de contenu : Dear members and partners and other readers,
Are we making our work pertinent for teachers, school directors, professors, and others responsible for ensuring quality education in and out of school and university in ERNWACA’s 14 member countries? Member researchers, who are active citizens and parents and learners from universities and research institutes in their countries, are generally close to the heartbeat of educational concerns at the community and national level. Within the context of the network, they organize activities to stimulate dialogue around research findings. Events are attended by educators, policymakers, planners and journalists and covered by national media.
In Cote d’Ivoire, research on the impact of the political crisis on education brought words of caution at key moments. In Niger, results from a study of contractual teachers were hotly debated publicly. Researchers in Guinea and Benin participated in a 4-country study on the impact of HIV/AIDS on teaching and teachers in formal and non formal education and shared findings at ERNWACA Cafés. Burkina Faso organized an ERWNACA Café to discuss findings from studies on technology, skills development and higher education. Gambia and Mali took part in a 4-country study of Madrassas and other Quoranic Schooling Centres and shared recommendations for more attention to the specific needs of girl students and adequate initial training and professional development for teachers. In Senegal, public discussions of research on private higher education called for more strategic oversight of the sector.
The department of education sciences at the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon has created a section on techno-pedagogy, following up on ERNWACA recommendations. ERNWACA-Cameroon also published a book on moral education and citizenship in use in some secondary schools and teacher training institutes. Togo succeeds in drawing young university students into the network as new members. Sierra Leone and Mauritania participated in 2007 for the first time in the ERNWACA research grants program. ERNWACA-Nigeria moved into new offices at the University of Lagos and benefited from regional support for equipping the office with computers and financing three interdisciplinary research teams.
ERNWACA-Ghana hosted in May meetings of ERNWACA’s regional scientific committee and Board of Directors where it was decided, respectively, to launch the Journal on Educational Research in Africa (JERA) in 2008 and develop a business plan for an endowment fund. ERNWACA-Cote d’Ivoire hosted in July for over 50 participants the regional training for grant recipients in research methodology and scientific writing.
Through the ERNWACA grants program for education research, ERNWACA trained in 2006 and 2007, over two 15 month cycles, 175 young researchers in qualitative and quantitative research methods, and at a rate of 2 000 000 F CFA or about US $ 4 500 per trainee. National coordinators and general secretaries and other coordinating committee members, national scientific committee members, and scientific mentors are on the frontline for quality assurance with support from regional scientific committee members and resource persons. Participants have the opportunity to engage in fieldwork, interface with national partners interested in their research results, exchange electronically with fellow recipients in other ENWACA countries, and publish their reports on the Web and scientific articles in journals.
As a regional Centre of Excellence, ERNWACA received two evaluation visits from the UEMOA in 2007. ERNWACA visited the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to request continued support for the ERNWACA grants program and attended the African Development Bank (ADB) meeting in November in Ouagadougou on skills development and economic development. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed with CODESRIA, particularly to strengthen the publishing culture and processes of ERNWACA. ERNWACA regional visited with the new Minister of Basic Education, Literacy, and National Languages in Mali and will do the same with the ministries of secondary and higher education and research, of culture, and of communications in 2008.
A transnational research proposal on learning intersectoral lessons from decentralization of education, health and water was submitted. A paper is being prepared for the ADEA Biennale in 2008 on how use of computers and Internet in secondary school prepares for university. In cooperation with the University of Montreal, ERNWACA launched the Research Agenda on the Pedagogical Integration of Information and Communication Technologies (PanAf) in ten countries in all regions of the continent, after the methodology workshops in Bamako and Nairobi. Project work was conducted for UNESCO and USAID. ECOBANK Foundation and OSIWA remain partners for wide sharing of African education expertise. ERNWACA benefited in 2007 from renewed institutional support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Swiss Development Cooperation. Note that over 50% of funds received at the regional coordination office where spent at national level or for member travel and that internal financial audits took place in Mali, Burkina, and Ghana and will continue in 2008.
Money is necessary, but people make the difference. If ERNWACA has gained in national and regional visibility and legitimacy in recent years, it is certainly due to the commitment and idealism of core groups of members and the desire and opportunity to come together and work across borders on issues of common concern. I look forward to the internal and external evaluation of the network in 2008.
Kathryn Touré, Regional Coordinator
Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ERNWACA%20Annual%20Report%202007.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : Exemplaires
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Titre : ERNWACA 2008 Annual Report Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Editeur : Bamako, Mali : ERNWACA Année de publication : 2009 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé :
The year 2008 has been marked at ROCARE by several regional and national meetings that were held. The strategy meeting of the network national coordinators, the Board of Governors, the regional scientific committee, as well as regional training workshops have successively enabled ERNWACA members and partners to meet and discuss current educational and research issues in their member countries.
The ERNWACA cafés have gradually become a part of our culture within the national coordinating offices of member countries. 2008 was a year that saw the strengthening of actions in favour of activities at national level. 14/14 coordinating offices have excelled in organizing ERNWACA cafés and research days to share results of ERNWACA research projects at both national and transnational levels.
As in previous years, ERNWACA has concentrated its efforts on pursuing its mission and implementing priority themes of the strategic action plan for 2005-2010.
Research projects, for the most part transnational, have generally given rise to regional training workshops.
The network has pursued its action in the area of integration of new technologies in teaching, notably through phase II of the ITC project as well as with phase I of the Panaf project. During 2008, the activities of the ITC project mainly focused on a regional research writing workshop to produce a guide on good practice as well as the publication of three books produced by three ERNWACA member researchers. The Panaf project, present in 12 countries in West, East and South Africa, has focused particularly on organization of a regional research writing workshop, visits to schools, and data collection.
To contribute to development of capacities and to encourage research, ERNWACA highlights its educational research grants project. Today this is considered to be the lifeblood of ERNWACA: in 2008 the programme enabled training of a hundred recipients of from the fourteen members of ERNWACA and the Central African Republic in research methodology and scientific writing. The themes selected for the fourth edition concern African languages; skills, the job market and education; peace and citizenship. Electronic lists set up after the workshop, facilitate exchanges between researchers and resource persons. Under the supervision of the scientific sponsors, researchers conduct research projects in the field. The scientific reports will be validated by national and regional scientific committees.
Another research theme that has always been one of ERNWACA's preoccupations is decentralization. This project which groups together 6 ERNWACA member countries obtained IDRC funding for three years. A regional workshop for validation of the methodological guide will take place in Niamey, Niger in January 2009.
2008 also saw the strengthening of actions in favour of scientific publications. Much progress was also made at both national and regional levels. In addition to the three books based on the ICT II project, ERNWACA has published a synthesis report on a transnational study funded by USAID on the impact of HIV/AIDS on teachers in West and Central Africa. The Journal for Educational Research in Africa (JERA) is currently being published. Volume Number 1 of this journal will be published in February 2009.
Existing ERNWACA partnerships have been consolidated. The position of partners concerning their support has shown some changes, partly because of some cases of closure of certain projects or the extension of others from one phase to another.
Here it is important to note the funding granted by Swedish development aid for the JERA journal over three years as well as support of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the ERNWACA research grants programme for a five year period.
ERNWACA is aware that sustainability depends on material as well as human resources. It is for this reason that ¾ of the regional coordinating office personnel has benefited from capacity building training in their areas of intervention to improve the quality of their services to the national coordinating offices and to ERNWACA partners.
At ERNWACA, we learn how to improve the network's credibility and we opt for more flexibility, enabling us to operate in a more competitive environment. We are concentrating our efforts to be still more responsive through research to educational needs in our member countries and in offering our services to our closest partners: the ministries in charge of education.
Mireille Massouka
Interim regional ERNWACA coordinator
Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ERNWACA_2008_Annual_Report_EN.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : ERNWACA 2008 Annual Report [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé :
The year 2008 has been marked at ROCARE by several regional and national meetings that were held. The strategy meeting of the network national coordinators, the Board of Governors, the regional scientific committee, as well as regional training workshops have successively enabled ERNWACA members and partners to meet and discuss current educational and research issues in their member countries.
The ERNWACA cafés have gradually become a part of our culture within the national coordinating offices of member countries. 2008 was a year that saw the strengthening of actions in favour of activities at national level. 14/14 coordinating offices have excelled in organizing ERNWACA cafés and research days to share results of ERNWACA research projects at both national and transnational levels.
As in previous years, ERNWACA has concentrated its efforts on pursuing its mission and implementing priority themes of the strategic action plan for 2005-2010.
Research projects, for the most part transnational, have generally given rise to regional training workshops.
The network has pursued its action in the area of integration of new technologies in teaching, notably through phase II of the ITC project as well as with phase I of the Panaf project. During 2008, the activities of the ITC project mainly focused on a regional research writing workshop to produce a guide on good practice as well as the publication of three books produced by three ERNWACA member researchers. The Panaf project, present in 12 countries in West, East and South Africa, has focused particularly on organization of a regional research writing workshop, visits to schools, and data collection.
To contribute to development of capacities and to encourage research, ERNWACA highlights its educational research grants project. Today this is considered to be the lifeblood of ERNWACA: in 2008 the programme enabled training of a hundred recipients of from the fourteen members of ERNWACA and the Central African Republic in research methodology and scientific writing. The themes selected for the fourth edition concern African languages; skills, the job market and education; peace and citizenship. Electronic lists set up after the workshop, facilitate exchanges between researchers and resource persons. Under the supervision of the scientific sponsors, researchers conduct research projects in the field. The scientific reports will be validated by national and regional scientific committees.
Another research theme that has always been one of ERNWACA's preoccupations is decentralization. This project which groups together 6 ERNWACA member countries obtained IDRC funding for three years. A regional workshop for validation of the methodological guide will take place in Niamey, Niger in January 2009.
2008 also saw the strengthening of actions in favour of scientific publications. Much progress was also made at both national and regional levels. In addition to the three books based on the ICT II project, ERNWACA has published a synthesis report on a transnational study funded by USAID on the impact of HIV/AIDS on teachers in West and Central Africa. The Journal for Educational Research in Africa (JERA) is currently being published. Volume Number 1 of this journal will be published in February 2009.
Existing ERNWACA partnerships have been consolidated. The position of partners concerning their support has shown some changes, partly because of some cases of closure of certain projects or the extension of others from one phase to another.
Here it is important to note the funding granted by Swedish development aid for the JERA journal over three years as well as support of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the ERNWACA research grants programme for a five year period.
ERNWACA is aware that sustainability depends on material as well as human resources. It is for this reason that ¾ of the regional coordinating office personnel has benefited from capacity building training in their areas of intervention to improve the quality of their services to the national coordinating offices and to ERNWACA partners.
At ERNWACA, we learn how to improve the network's credibility and we opt for more flexibility, enabling us to operate in a more competitive environment. We are concentrating our efforts to be still more responsive through research to educational needs in our member countries and in offering our services to our closest partners: the ministries in charge of education.
Mireille Massouka
Interim regional ERNWACA coordinator
Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ERNWACA_2008_Annual_Report_EN.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : Exemplaires
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Titre : ERNWACA 2008 Strategy Session Report , Lagos Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Editeur : Bamako, Mali : ERNWACA Année de publication : 2008 Langues : Anglais (eng) Note de contenu : The Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWCA) organized in Lagos from March 31 to April 2, 2008 its biennial meeting also known as the Strategy Session.
Fourteen (14) member States represented by twelve (12) Country Coordinators and two (2) Assistant Country Coordinators attended the Strategy Session. Two countries which indicted interest in joining the network also attended as observers.
Several scholars from Lagos University, representatives of the Nigerian Ministry of Education and members of the press graced the inauguration ceremony with their presence.
Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.ernwaca.org/web/IMG/pdf_Rapport_SS_2008_-_FINAL-EN.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : ERNWACA 2008 Strategy Session Report , Lagos [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Note de contenu : The Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWCA) organized in Lagos from March 31 to April 2, 2008 its biennial meeting also known as the Strategy Session.
Fourteen (14) member States represented by twelve (12) Country Coordinators and two (2) Assistant Country Coordinators attended the Strategy Session. Two countries which indicted interest in joining the network also attended as observers.
Several scholars from Lagos University, representatives of the Nigerian Ministry of Education and members of the press graced the inauguration ceremony with their presence.
Catégories : Rapports Annuels ROCARE - ERNWACA Annual Reports En ligne : http://www.ernwaca.org/web/IMG/pdf_Rapport_SS_2008_-_FINAL-EN.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : Exemplaires
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Titre : ERNWACA 20th Anniversary: Twenty years of networking and educational research Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Editeur : Bamako, Mali : ERNWACA Année de publication : 2009 Langues : Anglais (eng) Note de contenu : As part of its 20th anniversary, ERNWACA shares with you its course on networking and educational research. This document traces the milestones and achievements of ERNWACA.
ERNWACA is the acronym of Educational Research Network of West and Central Africa. It is a bilingual network (French/English), apolitical and non-profit-making created the 12th February 1989 in Freetown, Sierra Leone with the aim to promote educational research and African researchers in order to improve educational practice and policy.
ERNWACA brings nowadays together more than 400 active members in 16 Francophone and Anglophone countries in West and Central Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo). National networks are facilitated by coordinators and coordinating committee members, elected by their peers. They link researchers with policymakers, teachers, learners, parents and other stakeholders. The regional ERNWACA office is hosted by the government of Mali and housed at the University Institute of Training and Applied Research (ISFRA) in Bamako.Catégories : Bulletins d'information - Newsletters:ERNWACA News En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/20ans/BULLETIN-ERNWACA-20-YEARS.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : ERNWACA 20th Anniversary: Twenty years of networking and educational research [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Note de contenu : As part of its 20th anniversary, ERNWACA shares with you its course on networking and educational research. This document traces the milestones and achievements of ERNWACA.
ERNWACA is the acronym of Educational Research Network of West and Central Africa. It is a bilingual network (French/English), apolitical and non-profit-making created the 12th February 1989 in Freetown, Sierra Leone with the aim to promote educational research and African researchers in order to improve educational practice and policy.
ERNWACA brings nowadays together more than 400 active members in 16 Francophone and Anglophone countries in West and Central Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo). National networks are facilitated by coordinators and coordinating committee members, elected by their peers. They link researchers with policymakers, teachers, learners, parents and other stakeholders. The regional ERNWACA office is hosted by the government of Mali and housed at the University Institute of Training and Applied Research (ISFRA) in Bamako.Catégories : Bulletins d'information - Newsletters:ERNWACA News En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/20ans/BULLETIN-ERNWACA-20-YEARS.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : Exemplaires
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Titre : ERNWACA News Issue 0th Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : ERNWACA NEWS No. 0 20 Nov. 2002
1. From the Coordinator
2. National Activities – Cameroon
3. Regional Activities – ECOWAS Conference of Education Ministers
4. Research – Community Participation in Education
5. Events
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1. From the Coordinator
Welcome to No. 0 of "ERNWACA News." This newsletter seeks to promote exchange on education research in and among the 12 member countries of the Education Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA) and also provide greater visibility for the Network’s activities and products. The ERNWACA National Coordinators at our Strategy Session in February 2002 in Dakar mandated the Regional Coordination to develop this intra-extra network communication tool. We hope it will serve you. Your reactions, suggestions, and contributions are welcome!
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2. National Activities – CAMEROUN
• Teaching Training Colloquium – Over one hundred educationalists gathered 28-29 May 2002 at the University of Yaounde I to share their research and reflections on the teaching profession and teacher training in Cameroon. It was agreed that "bench education" administered by the "know-it-all teacher" via books and blackboards is ill adapted to society’s complex needs. Major themes discussed included school as an instrument of change, innovations in classroom pedagogy, the importance of education as a discipline in preparing teachers for their work, the need to balance theory in teacher development programs with more practical knowledge as well as field experience, and the urgent need for sustained support for teachers "close to the classroom." Colloquium organizers included ERNWACA, the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) and the UNESCO Doctoral Chair of the Sciences of Education for Central Africa, under the auspices of the Ministry of Higher Education. Colloquium recommendations on teaching training now available (in French).
• World Education Forum – Education and Transformation is the theme for the 2nd World Forum on Education to be held in Porto Allegro, Brazil in January 2003. ERNWACA-Cameroon will lead a discussion on Education and Citizenship. www.forummundialdeeducacao.com.br
• General Assembly – ERNWACA-Cameroon elected its Coordinating Committee members in May 2002 for 2002-05: Pierre Fonkoua, National Coordinator; Therese Tchombe, Scientific Committee President; George Fonkeng, Researcher representative; Elizabeth Tamajong, Administrative and Financial Secretary; Brigitte Matchinda, Secretary of national office; Marie Djuide, Communications Officer. National membership dues were fixed at US $15 for senior researchers and $7.50 for junior researchers.
• Contact – ERNWACA-Cameroon s/c ENS, BP 6746, Yaounde, Tel: (237) 994 36 00, cameroun@rocare.org.
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3. Regional Activities
ECOWAS CONFERENCE OF EDUCATION MINISTERS AND EXPERTS
The Regional Coordinator participated in the experts’ meeting prior to the ECOWAS Conference of Education ministers held 24-25 September in Dakar, under the initiative of the Ministers of Education of Senegal and Gambia within the context of the "Decade for Education in Africa (DEWA)." The theme of the Conference was regional integration and sustainable development and in this spirit, the Ministers approved two documents for consideration by African heads of state: a Convention on degree diplomacies within West Africa and a Protocol outlining areas for regional cooperation in education. Four priority thematic issues were identified: girls’ education, teacher training via distance education, scientific/technical and vocational training, HIV/AIDS. An attempt was made to harmonize objectives of DEWA and Education for All (EFA) within NEPAD. Note that ERNWACA initiated the OUA resolution for the "Year of Education" which led to the Decade, and that of the 15 Community members, 12 are ERNWACA member countries. The Conference closed with a Special Motion for peace in Cote d’Ivoire. For more information, visit www.edugambia.gm or contact dewa@hotmail.com.
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4. Research
ERNWACA STUDIES ON COMMMUNITY PARTICTIPATION IN EDUCATION
Context: In Overlooked and Undervalued (1997), ERNWACA notes that the majority of information on greater local participation in school decision making, finance and administration remains descriptive while there is a need for more theoretically framed studies that acknowledge the political implications of major financial and administrative changes within national education systems.
Transnational View of Basic Education: Issues of Access, Quality and Community Participation in West and Central Africa, ERNWACA, January 2002, 222p.
The first part of this study looks at access and retention of students in Cote d’Ivoire and Gambia and finds that a/ demographic growth limits access and retention, b/ religious beliefs have a negative influence on the demand for education, c/ parents’ perception of education determines the length of children’s school careers, and d/ the quality of education is proportionate to access and retention.
The second part of the study looks at relationships between community participation, access and quality in Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali and Togo and finds that community participation is many faceted with uneven impact. It looks at new forms of community participation that have proven effective in increasing access and quality, highlighting the factors that favor community participation as well as the obstacles to improving quality, and notes that communities cannot improve access and quality on their own. It also explores the challenges of integrating communities into the management of educational systems and the constraints that decentralization policies can impose on local populations. The study was conducted with support from the Academy for Educational Development (AED) and USAID in Washington, DC. Link to study (pdf) (also available in French).
Basic Education Cooperation in five francophone West African countries: Community Support to Schools, Synthesis report, ERNWACA, August 2001, 57p.
This study highlights different types of community support to schools and the various results it can have on the management and functioning of schools in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, and Togo. It looks in particular at modalities for community-school partnerships, factors that influence the quality of the partnerships positively or negatively, and the implication of communities in ensuring the quality of the educational process. The effectiveness of community support was assessed in part by analyzing the results, over a three-year period, of final primary school examinations and certain math and language tests developed by PASEC of CONFEMEN (see tables in the document). The study also alludes to the impact of the school on community development when partnerships existed. The research was conducted with support from the Paul Gerin-Lajoie Foundation and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Canada. Link to study (pdf), available in French only.
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5. Events
CONFEMEN
50th Conference of Francophone Ministers of Education on strategies for reinforcing financing and management to improve access and quality of education and training, 17-22 November 2002, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
www.confemen.org
MINEDAF VIII
Conference of the Ministers of Education of African Member States on quality Education for All (EFA), 2-6 December, 2002, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
www.unesco.org/africa/portal/minedaf.html
CODESRIA
10th General Assembly of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa on Africa in the New Millennium, 8-12 December 2002, Kampala, Uganda
www.codesria.org
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We welcome your feedback and contributions at newsletter@rocare.org.
Subscribe or unsubscribe via a message to newsletter@rocare.org.
Education Research Network for West And Central Africa /
Réseau Ouest et Centre Africain de Recherche en Education
ERNWACA / ROCARE, BP E 1854 – Bamako – Mali
Tel: (223) 221 16 12 / 674 83 84 - Fax: (223) 221 21 15
www.ernwaca.org / www.rocare.org
Bénin • Burkina Faso • Cameroon • Cote d’Ivoire • Gambia •
Ghana • Guinée• Mali • Niger • Nigeria • Sénégal • Sierra Leon • TogoCatégories : Bulletins d'information - Newsletters:ERNWACA News [périodique] Voir les bulletins disponibles ERNWACA News Issue 0th [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : ERNWACA NEWS No. 0 20 Nov. 2002
1. From the Coordinator
2. National Activities – Cameroon
3. Regional Activities – ECOWAS Conference of Education Ministers
4. Research – Community Participation in Education
5. Events
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1. From the Coordinator
Welcome to No. 0 of "ERNWACA News." This newsletter seeks to promote exchange on education research in and among the 12 member countries of the Education Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA) and also provide greater visibility for the Network’s activities and products. The ERNWACA National Coordinators at our Strategy Session in February 2002 in Dakar mandated the Regional Coordination to develop this intra-extra network communication tool. We hope it will serve you. Your reactions, suggestions, and contributions are welcome!
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2. National Activities – CAMEROUN
• Teaching Training Colloquium – Over one hundred educationalists gathered 28-29 May 2002 at the University of Yaounde I to share their research and reflections on the teaching profession and teacher training in Cameroon. It was agreed that "bench education" administered by the "know-it-all teacher" via books and blackboards is ill adapted to society’s complex needs. Major themes discussed included school as an instrument of change, innovations in classroom pedagogy, the importance of education as a discipline in preparing teachers for their work, the need to balance theory in teacher development programs with more practical knowledge as well as field experience, and the urgent need for sustained support for teachers "close to the classroom." Colloquium organizers included ERNWACA, the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) and the UNESCO Doctoral Chair of the Sciences of Education for Central Africa, under the auspices of the Ministry of Higher Education. Colloquium recommendations on teaching training now available (in French).
• World Education Forum – Education and Transformation is the theme for the 2nd World Forum on Education to be held in Porto Allegro, Brazil in January 2003. ERNWACA-Cameroon will lead a discussion on Education and Citizenship. www.forummundialdeeducacao.com.br
• General Assembly – ERNWACA-Cameroon elected its Coordinating Committee members in May 2002 for 2002-05: Pierre Fonkoua, National Coordinator; Therese Tchombe, Scientific Committee President; George Fonkeng, Researcher representative; Elizabeth Tamajong, Administrative and Financial Secretary; Brigitte Matchinda, Secretary of national office; Marie Djuide, Communications Officer. National membership dues were fixed at US $15 for senior researchers and $7.50 for junior researchers.
• Contact – ERNWACA-Cameroon s/c ENS, BP 6746, Yaounde, Tel: (237) 994 36 00, cameroun@rocare.org.
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3. Regional Activities
ECOWAS CONFERENCE OF EDUCATION MINISTERS AND EXPERTS
The Regional Coordinator participated in the experts’ meeting prior to the ECOWAS Conference of Education ministers held 24-25 September in Dakar, under the initiative of the Ministers of Education of Senegal and Gambia within the context of the "Decade for Education in Africa (DEWA)." The theme of the Conference was regional integration and sustainable development and in this spirit, the Ministers approved two documents for consideration by African heads of state: a Convention on degree diplomacies within West Africa and a Protocol outlining areas for regional cooperation in education. Four priority thematic issues were identified: girls’ education, teacher training via distance education, scientific/technical and vocational training, HIV/AIDS. An attempt was made to harmonize objectives of DEWA and Education for All (EFA) within NEPAD. Note that ERNWACA initiated the OUA resolution for the "Year of Education" which led to the Decade, and that of the 15 Community members, 12 are ERNWACA member countries. The Conference closed with a Special Motion for peace in Cote d’Ivoire. For more information, visit www.edugambia.gm or contact dewa@hotmail.com.
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4. Research
ERNWACA STUDIES ON COMMMUNITY PARTICTIPATION IN EDUCATION
Context: In Overlooked and Undervalued (1997), ERNWACA notes that the majority of information on greater local participation in school decision making, finance and administration remains descriptive while there is a need for more theoretically framed studies that acknowledge the political implications of major financial and administrative changes within national education systems.
Transnational View of Basic Education: Issues of Access, Quality and Community Participation in West and Central Africa, ERNWACA, January 2002, 222p.
The first part of this study looks at access and retention of students in Cote d’Ivoire and Gambia and finds that a/ demographic growth limits access and retention, b/ religious beliefs have a negative influence on the demand for education, c/ parents’ perception of education determines the length of children’s school careers, and d/ the quality of education is proportionate to access and retention.
The second part of the study looks at relationships between community participation, access and quality in Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali and Togo and finds that community participation is many faceted with uneven impact. It looks at new forms of community participation that have proven effective in increasing access and quality, highlighting the factors that favor community participation as well as the obstacles to improving quality, and notes that communities cannot improve access and quality on their own. It also explores the challenges of integrating communities into the management of educational systems and the constraints that decentralization policies can impose on local populations. The study was conducted with support from the Academy for Educational Development (AED) and USAID in Washington, DC. Link to study (pdf) (also available in French).
Basic Education Cooperation in five francophone West African countries: Community Support to Schools, Synthesis report, ERNWACA, August 2001, 57p.
This study highlights different types of community support to schools and the various results it can have on the management and functioning of schools in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, and Togo. It looks in particular at modalities for community-school partnerships, factors that influence the quality of the partnerships positively or negatively, and the implication of communities in ensuring the quality of the educational process. The effectiveness of community support was assessed in part by analyzing the results, over a three-year period, of final primary school examinations and certain math and language tests developed by PASEC of CONFEMEN (see tables in the document). The study also alludes to the impact of the school on community development when partnerships existed. The research was conducted with support from the Paul Gerin-Lajoie Foundation and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Canada. Link to study (pdf), available in French only.
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5. Events
CONFEMEN
50th Conference of Francophone Ministers of Education on strategies for reinforcing financing and management to improve access and quality of education and training, 17-22 November 2002, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
www.confemen.org
MINEDAF VIII
Conference of the Ministers of Education of African Member States on quality Education for All (EFA), 2-6 December, 2002, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
www.unesco.org/africa/portal/minedaf.html
CODESRIA
10th General Assembly of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa on Africa in the New Millennium, 8-12 December 2002, Kampala, Uganda
www.codesria.org
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We welcome your feedback and contributions at newsletter@rocare.org.
Subscribe or unsubscribe via a message to newsletter@rocare.org.
Education Research Network for West And Central Africa /
Réseau Ouest et Centre Africain de Recherche en Education
ERNWACA / ROCARE, BP E 1854 – Bamako – Mali
Tel: (223) 221 16 12 / 674 83 84 - Fax: (223) 221 21 15
www.ernwaca.org / www.rocare.org
Bénin • Burkina Faso • Cameroon • Cote d’Ivoire • Gambia •
Ghana • Guinée• Mali • Niger • Nigeria • Sénégal • Sierra Leon • TogoCatégories : Bulletins d'information - Newsletters:ERNWACA News
Titre : ERNWACA News Issue 10th Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Note générale : ERNWACA News Issue 10th Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Bulletins d'information - Newsletters:ERNWACA News En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ERNWACA_News_No10_May2006.pdf [périodique] Voir les bulletins disponibles ERNWACA News Issue 10th [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
ERNWACA News Issue 10th
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Catégories : Bulletins d'information - Newsletters:ERNWACA News En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ERNWACA_News_No10_May2006.pdf
Titre : ERNWACA News Issue 11th Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Note générale : ERNWACA News Issue 11th Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Bulletins d'information - Newsletters:ERNWACA News En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ERNWACA_News_No11-20070116.pdf [périodique] Voir les bulletins disponibles ERNWACA News Issue 11th [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
ERNWACA News Issue 11th
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Catégories : Bulletins d'information - Newsletters:ERNWACA News En ligne : http://www.rocare.org/ERNWACA_News_No11-20070116.pdf
Titre : ERNWACA News Issue 14th Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : ERNWACA Editeur : Bamako, Mali : ERNWACA Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : ERNWACA is happy to share with you the 14th issue of its newsletter
Summary
Editorial
Welcome to the New Regional Coordinator of ENWARCA
Discussion
Prof. Ousmane Gueye, Chairman of the Board of Directors (2009-2011)
Opinions
Teaching and Learning of mathematics: pedagogy first!
Higher Education: Is the success of the LMD system conditioned by ICTs in Africa?
Studies and Research
Balance sheet of a year of implementation of the LMD in Guinean Higher Education institutions
Ideas
20 years …this calls for a celebration!
Catégories : Bulletins d'information - Newsletters:ERNWACA News En ligne : http://www.ernwaca.org/web/IMG/pdf_Nouvelles_ROCARE_14_EN.pdf Format de la ressource électronique : [périodique] Voir les bulletins disponibles ERNWACA News Issue 14th [texte imprimé] / ERNWACA
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : ERNWACA is happy to share with you the 14th issue of its newsletter
Summary
Editorial
Welcome to the New Regional Coordinator of ENWARCA
Discussion
Prof. Ousmane Gueye, Chairman of the Board of Directors (2009-2011)
Opinions
Teaching and Learning of mathematics: pedagogy first!
Higher Education: Is the success of the LMD system conditioned by ICTs in Africa?
Studies and Research
Balance sheet of a year of implementation of the LMD in Guinean Higher Education institutions
Ideas
20 years …this calls for a celebration!
Catégories : Bulletins d'information - Newsletters:ERNWACA News En ligne : http://www.ernwaca.org/web/IMG/pdf_Nouvelles_ROCARE_14_EN.pdf Format de la ressource électronique :
