World Bank2014-09-162014-09-162013https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20159Education in the Samoa is highly decentralized. While education policy is the sole responsibility of the Ministry of education, school boards are responsible for delivery. The entire organization of the school system is based on checks and balances to ensure accountability. Budgetary autonomy is established. The school board controls the school budget, with input from parents. Personnel management is established. Salaries are relatively fixed by civil service rules at the primary school level, but completely negotiable at the secondary school level. The school board controls the hiring and firing of teachers and principals. Participation of parents in school governance is established. There is an accountability system comprised of different supervisory institutions where parents are formally represented. School autonomy and accountability are key components to ensure education quality. The transfer of core managerial responsibilities to schools promotes local accountability, helps reflect local priorities, values, and needs, and gives teachers the opportunity to establish a personal commitment to students and their parents. There are five indicators of school autonomy and accountability that can help benchmark an education system's policies that enable school autonomy and accountability: school autonomy in budget planning and approval; school autonomy in personnel management; the participation of the school council in school finance; the assessment of school and student performance; and school accountability to stakeholders. This report focuses specifically on policies in the area of school autonomy and accountability.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC YEARACCESS TO EDUCATIONACHIEVEMENTANECDOTAL EVIDENCEASSESSMENT METHODSAVERAGE PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOBARRIERCHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDSCHURCHESCIVIL SERVICECIVIL SOCIETYCLASSROOMCLASSROOM LEVELCLASSROOM TEACHERCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMPULSORY EDUCATIONCOMPULSORY EDUCATION ACTCORE COURSESCOST OF EDUCATIONCURRICULUM PLANCURRICULUM REQUIREMENTSDECENTRALIZATIONDEGREESDIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTDIAGNOSTIC TESTDONOR SUPPORTEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONEDUCATION DECENTRALIZATIONEDUCATION FACILITIESEDUCATION FINANCEEDUCATION INDICATORSEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION MINISTERSEDUCATION PERSONNELEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTEDUCATIONAL NEEDSEDUCATIONAL QUALITYEDUCATIONAL REGULATIONSEFFECTIVE TEACHERSEXPENDITURESFACULTY OF EDUCATIONGLOBAL KNOWLEDGEHEAD TEACHERHEAD TEACHERSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINFORMATION SYSTEMSINSTRUCTIONINTERVENTIONSLEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEARNING ENVIRONMENTLEARNING MATERIALSLEARNING OUTCOMESLEARNING PROCESSESLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLITERACYMANUALSMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMOVEMENTNATIONAL CURRICULUMNATIONAL EDUCATIONNATIONAL EDUCATION POLICIESNATIONAL EXAMINATIONSNATIONAL SCHOOLNET ENROLLMENTNET ENROLLMENT RATENUMBER OF STUDENTSNUMERACYPARENT INVOLVEMENTPARENT PARTICIPATIONPARENTAL PARTICIPATIONPARTICIPATION BY PARENTSPARTICIPATION IN SCHOOLSPARTICIPATION OF PARENTSPEDAGOGICAL PRACTICESPEDAGOGYPOST SECONDARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY CURRICULUMPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDPRIMARY SCHOOL GRADUATESPRIVATE SCHOOLSPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTPROVISION OF EDUCATIONPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATIONPUPIL-TEACHER RATIOQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY LEARNINGQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY TEACHERSREASONINGREPEATERSRESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONRURAL EDUCATIONRURAL SCHOOLSSAFETYSCHOOL ACTIVITIESSCHOOL ADMINISTRATIONSCHOOL AUTONOMYSCHOOL BUILDINGSSCHOOL COMMITTEESCHOOL COMMITTEESSCHOOL COMMUNITYSCHOOL COUNCILSCHOOL COUNCILSSCHOOL CURRICULUMSCHOOL DEVELOPMENTSCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLANSCHOOL EFFECTIVENESSSCHOOL ENVIRONMENTSCHOOL FACILITIESSCHOOL FEESCHOOL FEESSCHOOL FUNDINGSCHOOL GOVERNANCESCHOOL GRADUATESSCHOOL IMPROVEMENTSCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANSCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURESCHOOL LEADERSSCHOOL LEARNINGSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL LEVELSSCHOOL MAINTENANCESCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL NUTRITIONSCHOOL OPERATIONSCHOOL OPERATIONSSCHOOL PERFORMANCESCHOOL PERSONNELSCHOOL PRINCIPALSSCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOL READINESSSCHOOL STAFFSCHOOL SUPERVISORSSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOL YEARSCHOOLSSCHOOLS WITH STUDENTSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSELECTION OF TEXTBOOKSSKILL DEVELOPMENTSPECIAL NEEDSSPORTSSTAFF SALARIESSTANDARDIZED TESTSSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSSTUDENT ENROLLMENTSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT PERFORMANCESTUDENT-TEACHER RATIOSUPPLY OF TEACHERSTEACHERTEACHER DEVELOPMENTTEACHER PERFORMANCETEACHER QUALITYTEACHER SALARIESTEACHER TRAININGTEACHINGTEACHING MATERIALSTEACHING PERSONNELTEACHING POSITIONSTEACHING STAFFTEACHING SYSTEMSTECHNICAL TRAININGTERTIARY EDUCATIONTEST SCORESTEXTBOOKSTRAINING NEEDSTRAINING PROGRAMSTRANSFER OF TEACHERSTRANSPORTATIONTUITIONUNIVERSITY EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL SCHOOLSYOUTH10.1596/20159