Publication: Mali - Improving Learning in Public Schools
Date
2004-08
ISSN
Published
2004-08
Author(s)
Mohan, P.C.
Abstract
The overall objective of this Learning
and Innovation Credit (2000-2003: US$3.8 million) was to
further develop and assess the merits of bilingual education
in Mali, in terms of financial and educational
sustainability. The project was designed at a time when the
education system was facing the following problems: (i) low
enrollments, including gender and regional imbalances; (ii)
poor learning results in primary schools; (iii) low
efficiency in public education; (iv) poor accessibility to
education for all children; (vi) proliferation of models for
community involvement in schooling; and (vii) central
management. To achieve its objective, the approach taken was
to introduce a bilingual education model - pedagogie
convergente - in six languages as the basis for introducing
curricular revisions, producing textbooks based on the
changed curricula, testing teaching and learning materials,
testing student achievement at the end-of-project to
determine the model's efficacy, and building community
partnerships to elicit local support for introducing the
model at the primary education level.
Citation
“Mohan, P.C.. 2004. Mali - Improving Learning in Public Schools. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 103. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9687 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”