Multigrade Teaching in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Uganda, Senegal, and The Gambia

In Africa, with the expansion of coverage of primary education in recent decades, many of the remaining out-of-school children are in hard to reach areas, with low population density and poor transport. Providing access to education is challenging in such contexts, as the population in any village is often too small to support a conventional primary school. One of the answers is the use of multigrade teaching, where one teacher works with students of two or more grades.

This paper examines the practice of multigrade teaching in three African countries, Uganda, Senegal, and The Gambia. Although these three cases had very different approaches to multigrade, their experiences suggest that multigrade teaching is a promising and cost-effective option, but that successful implementation requires sustained support from policymakers, adequate training of teachers, and careful explanation of the approach to parents and the communities.

• Shipping Weight: 0.26 lbs (0.12 kgs)

Customers who bought this title also purchased...

Africa Development Indicators 2008/09

Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth

Information and Communication Technologies for Women's Socioeconomic Empowerment

Growth and Productivity in Agriculture and Agribusiness

Changing the Trajectory