Education for all : the quality imperative / Koïchiro Matsuura.
Material type: TextLanguage: Series: ; (EFA global monitoring report 2005)Publication details: Paris : United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2004.Description: 430 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 9789231039768
- LC 2607 .M38 2004
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Books | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | LC 2607 .M38 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 20699 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-427).
“The smile of renewed hope in Afghanistan (p. 26)—Reconstruction education system is a foundation on which to rebuild society. Afghanistan 2002 (p. 186-187)”.
Summary: “In the many countries that are striving to guarantee all children the right to education, the focus on access often overshadows the issue of quality. Yet quality stands at the heart of education for all. It determines how much and how well students learn, and the extent to which their education achieves a range of personal, social and development goals. This report sets the quality debate in its historical context and offers a map for understanding, monitoring and improving quality {Chapter 1}…”—(p. 18).
Contents: Understanding education quality—The importance of good quality : what research tells us—Assessing progress towards the EFA goals—Policies for better quality—Meeting our international commitments—Towards EFA : the quality imperative—Statistical annex.