Blum, JurgenKrishnan, NandiniLegovini, Arianna2014-07-222014-07-222010https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19009In 2001, the Government of South Africa launched the Dinaledi Schools program, aimed at increasing the number of African and Indian secondary students entering and succeeding in mathematics and physical sciences Senior Certificate exams. The Dinaledi program provides selected high schools with a combination of supplementary inputs, including teachers, training, textbooks and calculators as well as close monitoring by the National Department of Education. This paper estimates the impact of the Dinaledi program for about 350 schools assigned to the program in the course of its expansion in 2005. It exploits administrative panel data for the years 2005-07 using a difference-in-difference estimation strategy. This is combined with a propensity score matching approach that compares Dinaledi schools with schools that are observably similar prior to the implementation of the program.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATIONACCESS TO QUALITY SCHOOLINGACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATIONADOLESCENTSAPARTHEID LEGACYAVERAGE ENROLMENT RATEAVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTSBINDINGBLACK STUDENTSCALLCAREERCAREER GUIDANCECLASS SIZESCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCURRICULUMDEGREESEDUCATION DEPARTMENTEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATORSEIGHTH-GRADERSEMPLOYMENTENROLLMENTENROLLMENT RATESENROLMENT GROWTHENROLMENT RATEENROLMENT RATESENROLMENT TRENDSENROLMENTSETHNIC COMPOSITIONETHNIC GROUPSEXAMEXAMSFEMALE ENROLMENTFEMALE ENROLMENTSFEMALE LEARNERSFEMALE STUDENTSFINAL GRADEGENDER COMPOSITIONGENDER IMBALANCESGRADE EXAMSHEAD STARTHIGH SCHOOLHIGH SCHOOL GRADUATESHIGH SCHOOL POPULATIONHIGH SCHOOLSHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER GRADEHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN SCIENCESINFORMATION SYSTEMSINITIAL ENROLMENTINSTRUCTIONINTERVENTIONSJOB TRAININGLABORATORY EQUIPMENTLABOUR MARKETLANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONLANGUAGE TEACHERSLEARNERSLEARNINGLEARNING MATERIALSLEARNING OUTCOMESLITERATURELOW ENROLMENTMALE ENROLMENTSMATHEMATICS TEXTBOOKSMEDICAL DOCTORSMEDIUM OF INSTRUCTIONMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONNATIONAL EDUCATIONNATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMNATIONAL SCHOOLNET ENROLMENTNUMBER OF SCHOOLSNUMBER OF STUDENTSNUMERACYPAPERSPERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICSPERFORMANCE OF STUDENTSPERSISTENT INEQUALITIESPHYSICAL SCIENCESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPROVISION OF TEXTBOOKSPUBLIC SCHOOLSQUALIFIED TEACHERSQUALITY OF TEACHINGQUALITY TEXTBOOKSRATE OF STUDENTSSCHOOL ENROLMENTSSCHOOL FEESSCHOOL PERFORMANCESCHOOL POPULATIONSCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOL SIZESCHOOL STATUSSCHOOL SURVEYSSCHOOL TYPESSCHOOL VISITSSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSCIENCE ACHIEVEMENTSCIENCE EDUCATIONSCIENCE TEACHERSSECONDARY CERTIFICATESECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY PUPILSSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLSSECONDARY STUDENTSSMALL SCHOOLSSMALLER NUMBERSTATE EDUCATIONSTUDENT BODYSTUDENT-TEACHER RATIOSTUDENTS IN MATHEMATICSSUBJECTSSYSTEMIC SCHOOL REFORMTARGET SCHOOLSTEACHERTEACHER RECRUITMENTTEACHER TRAININGTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING MATERIALSTEACHING RESOURCESTEACHING STAFFTECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONTEST SCORESTEXTBOOKTEXTBOOK PROVISIONTEXTBOOKSTRAINING INSTITUTIONSTRAINING PROGRAMMETRAINING PROGRAMMESTRAINING SCHOOLSTYPES OF SCHOOLSUNEQUAL ACCESSUNIVERSITIESUNIVERSITY GRADUATESYOUTH10.1596/19009