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Who We Are The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is a pan-African Non-Government Organisation founded in 1992 by five women ministers of education to promote girls’ and women’s education in sub-Saharan Africa in line with Education for All. The organisation’s members include female ministers of education, university vice-chancellors, education policy-makers,
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At the heart of this study is a concern with moving from counting women—from a quantitative focus on gender parity—to having women count—ensuring conditions exist that allow women teachers to fully participate in quality teaching and the positive transformation of the teaching profession. Women comprise less than 20% of secondary school teachers in Ethiopia (MoE, 2014), reflecting similar patterns of under-representation elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study uses in-depth interviews...
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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd This study presents results from a farmer survey conducted with 560 rice farmers from 27 villages spread over five hubs (concentration areas of rice production and processing) in three different countries in Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Tanzania and Madagascar). The main research objective was to assess women's access to rice technologies and constraints to adoption of technologies. Constraints were analyzed over five different categories: (1) institutional (2) access to...
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The implementation of technical education curriculum has been besieged with dearth of qualified teaching personnel over the years in Nigeria and some other African countries. Similarly, the available higher institutions where vocational and technical education experts are prepared have not been able to meet this demand of the manpower. This calls for possible intervention strategies which could perhaps address this lingering problem. It is on this observation that this study examines the...
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© 2015 African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. This paper sought to investigate the characteristics of MSMEs and to suggest ways of improving performance, particularly tackling constraints faced by women and youth entrepreneurs in Ghana. A total of 4 433 MSME operators were interviewed in all the ten regions of Ghana using a structured questionnaire. The study revealed that apprenticeship was the most common form of training received by the MSME operators...
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Studies have shown that artisan training courses in Africa are not cost-effective, and do not improve quality of life. The studies on artisanship education and their effects are discussed.
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Welche Ursachen und Mechanismen behindern die Gleichstellung? Welche Handlungsansätze fördern Chancengerechtigkeit? Was sind nachhaltige gleichstellungspolitische Initiativen?
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© 2014 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited All rights of reproduction in any form reserved. This chapter focuses on a study, which investigates the question: How do teacher education policies match teacher education practices in Anglophone West Africa? Teacher education policy in this chapter refers to action statements in verbal or written form made by national education authorities/agencies about teacher education, while teacher education practice refers to the work that teachers do. Using...
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Skills Training & Certification for Refugees in Uganda
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© 2018 The Author(s). Objective: We set out to assess inequalities to access health professional education, and the impact of an education improvement program supported by MEPI (Medical Education Partnership Initiative). Inequalities in the higher education system in sub-Saharan Africa remain despite some transformative policies and affirmative action. Methods: We reviewed enrollment data from four universities for the period 2001–2014 for various health professional training programs, and...
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An Act of Parliament to provide for the establishment of a technical and vocational education and training system; to provide for the governance and management of institutions offering technical and vocational education and training; to provide for coordinated assessment, examination and certification; to institute a mechanism for promoting access and equity in training; to assure standards, quality and relevance; and for connected purposes
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A Strategic Plan that is aligned to both the dynamic operating environment and the strategic priorities of the Government as outlined in the Kenya Vision 2030, the Constitution of Kenya 2010, and other relevant regional and international policy documents serves as a guide for the organization. I am, therefore, pleased to participate in unveiling of TVETA’s 2018-2022 Strategic Plan which provides a clear road map for the achievement of competitive human capital. The development of this...
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TVET in sub-Saharan Africa (GOVET-BIBB-BMBF)
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- Chapter 09. Inclusion
- Chapter 03. Overview (1)
- Chapter 04. Conception (2)
- Chapter 05. TVET Actors (3)
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- Chapter 08. Models (1)
- Chapter 10. State Authorities (3)
- Chapter 11. Non-state Providers (2)
- Chapter 12. Standards (6)
- Chapter 13. Policy Implementation (7)
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