Ensuring Efficient Provision of Teaching and Learning Materials: The Case of Mozambique

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Ensuring Efficient Provision of Teaching and Learning Materials: The Case of Mozambique

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2023-11-15T17:58:26Z
dc.date.available	2023-11-15T17:58:26Z
dc.date.issued	2023-11-15
dc.description.abstract	Books are one of the most important inputs in student learning and are generally considered a cost-effective input for increasing the quality of primary education (Fredriksen et al., 2015). After salaries, which typically account for around 80 percent of spending on basic education in Sub-Saharan Africa, textbooks are in many countries the next largest area of recurring spending on basic education, accounting for 5–10 percent on average (ibid.). For textbooks to be beneficial for learning, they need to be appropriate to students’ language needs, and teachers need to be adequately trained to utilize them (Glewwe, Kremer, and Moulin, 2009); textbooks need to be utilized by teachers in class instead of simply being stored at school (Sabarwal, Evans, and Marshak, 2014). Where they are appropriately designed and utilized, however, providing textbooks has been found to be one of the most cost-effective inputs for learning at primary level (Michaelowa and Wechtler, 2006; McEwan, 2014). Despite their importance for learning, many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa struggle to deliver an adequate number of textbooks to students on time. Among 38 Sub-Saharan Africa countries, 21 had pupil-textbook ratios in reading and math higher than 1.5 in the period 2010-15, with 12 having very high ratios of three or more (Bashir et al., 2018). As education systems have grown rapidly across Sub-Saharan Africa in response to the introduction of free education policies, governments have found it increasingly difficult and expensive to ensure that every student has the books they need to learn.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099103123163515477/P17813508864340320a9aa0177250a9b0fd
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/40613
dc.identifier.uri	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40613
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	- Case Studies of Successful Reforms to Address the Challenges of Financing Education Systems Effectively; June 2023
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	TEXTBOOK SHORTAGE
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION MATERIALS
dc.subject	SCHOOL BOOK SUPPLY
dc.subject	TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT
dc.subject	TEACHER TRAINING
dc.subject	FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.title	Ensuring Efficient Provision of Teaching and Learning Materials	en
dc.title.subtitle	The Case of Mozambique	en
dc.type	Brief
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okr.crossref.title	Ensuring Efficient Provision of Teaching and Learning Materials: The Case of Mozambique
okr.date.disclosure	2023-11-01
okr.date.lastmodified	2023-11-01T00:00:00Z	en
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okr.doctype	Publications & Research
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okr.region.administrative	Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.administrative	Africa Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.geographical	Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.sector	Public Administration - Education
okr.theme	Education,Human Development and Gender,Access to Education,Education Financing,Standards, Curriculum and Textbooks,Private Sector Delivery of Education,Education Governance, School-Based Management,Teachers
okr.topic	Education::Education Sector Strategy and Lending
okr.topic	Education::Effective Schools and Teachers
okr.topic	Education::Primary Education
okr.unit	Education Global (HEDGE)