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Education and Koranic Literacy in West Africa

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dc.contributor.authorEaston, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T13:13:20Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T13:13:20Z
dc.date.issued1999-08
dc.description.abstractThe note examines the practical, and literate skills that students acquire at different levels in West African Koranic schools. It is a long-standing parallel system of education, yet, relatively unknown to development planers, thus seldom taken into explicit account in their policies, and strategies. Islamic educational systems have been present since the seventh century, and by the tenth century, communities of Muslim merchants, and scholars were established in many commercial centers region wide. The system of Islamic learning across West Africa is several-tiered, though less rigidly structured than its Western counterpart. Nonetheless, and despite a uniformity tendency toward underlying religious culture, and basic orientation, the nature and quality of instruction in Koranic schools, and the Islamic system as a whole, vary tremendously from region to region. Given that understanding of Arabic - modern or classic - beyond the Koranic texts is rare, the highest levels of practical literacy are most frequently found in areas where there is a developed system for transcribing African language with Arabic characters. The note concludes that basic Islamic instruction has dimensions of practical application, i.e., it constitutes an introduction to the technology of writing, and to a lesser extent, to numeracy; it is a training, as well as local leadership; and, has always been an avenue for social, and economic advancement.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/08/1671247/education-koranic-literacy-west-africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/10827
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/10827
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIndigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 11
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectLITERACY PROGRAMS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectRELIGIOUS EDUCATION
dc.subjectISLAM EDUCATION
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectCULTURAL DIFFUSION
dc.subjectQUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectARABIC LANGUAGE
dc.subjectTRAINING OF TEACHERS
dc.subjectWRITING INSTRUCTION
dc.subjectNUMERACY
dc.subjectSOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADDITION
dc.subjectADULT EDUCATION
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subjectINSTRUCTION
dc.subjectLANGUAGES
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLEADERSHIP
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectMALE STUDENTS
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMORALITY
dc.subjectNUMERACY
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectREADING
dc.subjectRELIGIOUS CULTURE
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subjectSPEAKING
dc.subjectTEACHERS
dc.subjectUNIVERSITIES
dc.titleEducation and Koranic Literacy in West Africaen
dc.title.alternativeEducation et alphabetisation en Afrique de l'Ouest grace a l'enseignement coraniqueen
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.date.disclosure2002-01-25
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T09:59:54.540906Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/08/1671247/education-koranic-literacy-west-africa
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.guid935421468338077462
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b085351bee_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum1671247
okr.identifier.report23424
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2002/01/25/000094946_0201170402417/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.sectorLiteracy/Non-Formal Education
okr.sectorEducation
okr.topicGender::Gender and Education
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicTeaching and Learning
okr.topicCurriculum and Instruction
okr.topicEducation::Primary Education
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitAFT: Knowledge & Learning (AFTKL)
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