World Bank2012-05-242012-05-242008978-0-8213-7344-6https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6356This study discusses secondary textbook and school library availability in Africa, its cost and financing, and its distribution and publishing. The study objective is to analyze the issues and provide some options and strategies for improvement. Reforms are urgently required in the secondary school systems of most African countries in order to: (a) reduce the number of textbooks and reference books required by secondary education curricula; (b) reduce the unit costs of textbooks; (c) increase the target book life thus increasing cost amortization and reducing annual textbook fees/budgets; (d) increase the financing allocated to textbook provision from either government or parents and; (e) ensure that curricula change does not make expensive materials redundant too early or too often. The conclusion to be drawn is that if a reliable market exists local publishing can develop to service it, even in direct competition with multinationals. The market does not necessarily have to be large. The critical factor is predictability. If publishers are confident that funding will be available, from whatever source, year after year then local publishing will emerge to serve that market. This is perhaps most clearly demonstrated in Botswana where a tiny but reliable and reasonably predictable secondary school sector has five competing approved textbooks in some secondary subjects.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO TEXTBOOKSADOLESCENTSAGRICULTURAL SCIENCEBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC EDUCATION POLICYBASIC SCHOOLSBASIC TEXTBOOKSBINDINGBOOK DEVELOPMENTBOOK PUBLISHERSBOOK TRADEBOOK TRUSTBUSINESS STUDIESCLASSROOMSCOLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATIONCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY SCHOOLSCORE TEXTBOOKCORE TEXTBOOKSCOST OF BOOKSCURRICULACURRICULUMCURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTCURRICULUM RESEARCHDISTANCE EDUCATIONDISTRICT EDUCATIONDONOR SUPPORTEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION REHABILITATIONEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SERVICESEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL MATERIALSEDUCATIONAL METHODSEDUCATIONAL PLANNINGEDUCATIONAL SYSTEMSELITE SECONDARY SCHOOLSEMPLOYMENTENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHINGESSENTIAL SKILLSFREE EDUCATIONFREE PRIMARY EDUCATIONFREE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONFRENCH PUBLISHERSGERGRADE LEVELSGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOHEAD TEACHERSHEALTH EDUCATIONHIGH SCHOOLHIGHER EDUCATIONHOME ECONOMICSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINFORMATION ACCESSINSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALSINTERVENTIONSJUNIOR SECONDARYJUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLJUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLSLABOR MARKETSLEARNING MATERIALSLEARNING OUTPUTSLIBRARY DEVELOPMENTLIFELONG LEARNINGLITERACYLITERATURELOCAL BOOKSELLERSLOCAL PUBLISHERSLOCAL PUBLISHINGLOCAL PUBLISHING INDUSTRIESMATH TEXTBOOKSMINISTRIES OF EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONNATIONAL CURRICULANATIONAL CURRICULUMNATIONAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMSNATIONAL EXAMINATIONSNATIONAL LIBRARYNATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICENATIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEMSNATIONAL PUBLISHERSNATIONAL SCHOOLNUMBER OF TEXTBOOKSOPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTSPAMPHLETSPAPERSPOST-PRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATION REFORMPRINTINGPRIVATE SCHOOLSPROVISION OF TEACHERSPUBLISHERSPUBLISHING INDUSTRYREADERSREADINGREADING BOOKSREADING SKILLSREFERENCE BOOKREFERENCE BOOKSREFERENCE MATERIALSRELIGIOUS EDUCATIONREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRURAL AREASRURAL SCHOOLSSCHOOL BOOKSCHOOL BOOK PUBLISHINGSCHOOL EQUIPMENTSCHOOL FEESSCHOOL LIBRARIANSCHOOL LIBRARIESSCHOOL LIBRARYSCHOOL POPULATIONSCHOOL STUDENTSSCHOOL SUPPLIESSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOL SYSTEMSSCHOOL TEXTBOOKSSCHOOL YEARSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSCIENCE TEXTBOOKSECONDARY CURRICULUMSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEMSSECONDARY ENROLLMENTSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTSSECONDARY SCHOOL SYSTEMSSECONDARY SCHOOL TEXTBOOKSSECONDARY SCHOOLSSECONDARY TEXTBOOKSSENIOR SECONDARYSENIOR SECONDARY LEVELSENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL SCIENCESOCIAL STUDIESSPORTSSTATE SCHOOLSSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT PERFORMANCESUB-SAHARAN AFRICASUBJECTSSYLLABUSESTEACHERTEACHER DEVELOPMENTTEXTBOOKTEXTBOOK APPROVALTEXTBOOK AVAILABILITYTEXTBOOK COSTSTEXTBOOK DEVELOPMENTTEXTBOOK DISTRIBUTIONTEXTBOOK LISTTEXTBOOK MARKETTEXTBOOK MARKETSTEXTBOOK PRICESTEXTBOOK PROCUREMENTTEXTBOOK PROVISIONTEXTBOOK PROVISION SYSTEMTEXTBOOK PUBLISHINGTEXTBOOK RENTALTEXTBOOK RENTAL SCHEMETEXTBOOK SUPPLYTEXTBOOKSUNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATIONUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUPEURBAN SCHOOLSWORKBOOKSYOUTHWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-7344-6