scholarly journals Rethinking Education In Botswana: A Need To Overhaul The Botswana Education System

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Margaret Makwinja
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Education System ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Problem Solvers

Botswana through its two educational reform philosophies of 1977 and 1994 envisioned a developing education system that is on par with international standards. According to Tabulawa (2009), the education system was developed to produce critical thinkers, problem solvers, and innovative learners. The system was designed to provide opportunities for all students by providing access to all, improve the standards of education, emancipate Batswana from illiteracy, and develop their capabilities to create a social transformation in their lives. Education was to be a vehicle for continuous positive change that would ultimately enable people to build a better world. However, the system is wanting since most students drop out of school, fail the national examinations, or are unemployable graduates. Research shows that the standard and quality of education is deteriorating as evidenced by high rates of failure at primary and secondary schools. This paper established the reasons for deteriorating standards and failure of students; and whether this was a result of the difficulty, the country finds itself in attempting to re-think and change its educational system to improve the standards or any other factors. This paper reviewed the obstacles leading to high failure rate in one primary school and the need to overhaul, rethink, reform and transform the country’s education system. This study was carried out at the Ministry of Education and Skills Development, which is presently divided into two sub departments; the Ministry of Basic Education and Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology and one (1) primary school in Gaborone through the use of qualitative method.

scholarly journals Governing Indonesia’s Secondary Education System: Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement in the Province of Yogyakarta

2016 ◽  
pp. 87-106
Author(s):  
Astrid Meilasari Sugiana ◽  
Jumintono Jumintono
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Policy Evaluation ◽  
Education System ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
The Government

This paper focuses on government policies for improving secondary education in decentralized Indonesia. The research combines policy evaluation in the field of education through mixed methods, namely the top down method measuring the effectiveness of Indonesia’s policy reforms in numerical terms and the bottom up ethno-methodological approach incorporating soft system methodology for complementing policy evaluation. Data analysis was done by examining the distribution of narratives provided by the respondents and carrying out a thematic analysis in which emerging themes were used to produce a complex and coherent narrative of the discourse emerging from the case study site in Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia. The education system in modern Indonesia is marked by the tension between the centralized policy strategy of the Suharto period and the reactive strategy of Post-Suharto decentralization. During his current administration, President Joko Widodo promulgated education policies focusing on basic education reforms in five major areas, namely (i) facilitating the expansion of education facilities across Indonesia through the public and private sector (expansion of facilities and infrastructure in terms of quantity and quality), (ii) making basic education more affordable and accessible across regions and social-economic indicators (accessibility), (iii) improving the quality of educators, service and outputs in basic education (quality), (iv) increasing the relevance of basic education to the demands of tertiary education, the labor market and local economic development (relevance), and (v) good governance and accountability of Indonesia’s basic education system (accountability and public responsiveness). In conjunction with the government and the market in education, indigenous social and political groups have played significant roles in developing the secondary education system in Indonesia. Moreover, these groups have also improved pupils’ performance and pupils’ learning outcomes by improving the extent and quality of the services they provide in comparison to those provided by public schools run by the government. Individualized services which cater to the needs, backgrounds and interests of the consumers have had profound impacts on enrollment, retention, motivation and pupils’ character, knowledge, technical competence and competitiveness. This makes the education system more engaging, empowering and inclusive while taking into account its comprehensiveness. This also aids in promoting learning communities for complementing the government induced education system, for protecting children and for providing a holistic and integrated education services.

Jordan’s Commitment towards Compulsory and Free Basic Education as a Constitutional Right: An Analytical Field Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 356-386
Author(s):  
Ali Mohamed Aldabbas ◽  
Kamal Jamal Alawamleh ◽  
Worud Jamal Awamleh
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The Right

Abstract This study examines the extent to which Jordan is committed to principles of compulsory and free basic education, by analyzing legislation in light of constitutional and international standards regarding the right to education. Methodology includes quantitative assessment of these principles using a questionnaire distributed to students and their teachers in a number of public schools in three Jordanian governorates. Three focus group sessions composed of students and their teachers were held. The study suggests that, whilst the Jordanian Constitution has explicitly adopted such principles, Jordanian law yet includes provisions that diminish providing free basic education to all children of compulsory age and that mitigate the number of students who drop out of school. This study proposes amending the title of Chapter II of the Constitution and Article 20 to ensure that all children living in Jordan enjoy the right to education.

scholarly journals Modern pedagogical technologies in teaching a foreign language in primary school

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Zh. Rapisheva ◽  
◽  
N. Kaliakparova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Education System ◽  
Current System ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Synthesis Methods ◽  
School Students

The article describes modern pedagogical technologies of teaching a foreign language in primary school and examines their impact on the development of various competencies of primary school students. The authors emphasize that information and communication pedagogical technologies help to implement a student-centered approach to learning, provide individualization and differentiation of learning, taking into account the abilities of younger students, their level of education. And also modern pedagogical technologies as a systemic holistic means of restructuring activities make it possible to improve the quality of the educational process, to solve the problems of personality development. Purpose – analysis of modern educational technologies used in English lessons. The current system of training primary school teachers requires a revision of its structure, organization, relationship with school practice and innovative processes in the education system. Therefore, the article proves that an important part of the educational process should be the use of new pedagogical technologies in improving the quality of training of specialists at the university, providing the possibility of self-development of the teacher's personality, increasing his creative abilities and improving the educational process. The study used a descriptive method, analysis and synthesis methods. The authors of the article call the development of the student's personality (moral and cognitive) and the complex of abilities for successful interaction with the polycultural and multilingual world around him as the goal of foreign language education in primary grades. Therefore, it is important that the future primary school teacher, in accordance with the requirements of the state educational standard, has formed the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for the application of modern pedagogical technologies. At the present time, when a new education system was created, focused on the world educational space, changes in the educational process changed the paradigm of education, updated the content of education, formed a new approach, new relationships.

OUTLINE THE TEACHING OF COMPUTING IN ENGLAND AND THE TEACHING OF INFORMATON TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPUTER MODELLING IN BULGARIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
Rumyana Karadimitrova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Education System ◽  
Computer Modelling ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
National Programmes ◽  
Key Competences ◽  
Main Components

The paper presents the main components and an overview of the educational subject „Computing in the education system” in England. It is considered as a classification of the educational key stages by students ages in England. All Computing national programmes, which have to be followed from the schools when they create their own curriculums, have been presented in different age groups. In addition, the paper summarises the changes in the educational system for „Informational Technologies” and „Computer modelling” in primary school in Bulgaria. It includes the key competences for student’s development according to competences approach framework from the Bulgarian Ministry of Education.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of the Colors in Primary School English Textbook through Students’ Perceptions

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Sara Kasmaienezhad-Fard ◽  
Tajularipin Sulaiman ◽  
Nor Hayati Alwi ◽  
Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Ayub
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Education System ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Color Preferences ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
Two Phases

The Malaysian education system has transformed from the traditional to the modern, albeit keeping to textbooks as the main teaching material. Among the factors determining the quality of textbooks, color is an important one, especially in primary school textbooks. Suitably applied, it will enrich classroom instruction and aid the learning process. This research was designed to run in two phases, and the data collected were analyzed by SPSS software. In the first phase, the colors used in the pictures of Year-4 English textbook were evaluated. Next, the color preferences of 384 students in the fourth grade of national primary schools were collected. Data from the first phase show that out of 901 textbook pictures, 792, 733, and 412 respectively use primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Data from the second phase show the students highly interested in tertiary colors. The results of this study reveal important points for textbook quality improvement. Knowing what colors students like allows illustrators to consider age levels, not only when illustrating textbooks but also when creating pictures for other materials.

scholarly journals Perception of Colombian Students from a Bachelor in Basic Education with Emphasis on Arts, about the Educational Quality of the Program They Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Segura-Escobar Aldemar ◽  
Lopez-Vega Alfonso
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Qualified Teachers ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
Analysis Design ◽  
Students Attitudes

This article presents the results of a study about the attitudes by the learners from a bachelor in basic education with emphasis on arts, in Colombia, regarding the quality of academic management of this program. The importance of this study appears considers that its results will be useful to contrast the agreement or disagreement between the components of the management of quality, declared by bachelor programs, and recognized by the National Ministry of Education, and valued as satisfactory, based on the students’ attitudes. All this will result in the development of analysis, design and execution of strategies which make possible the survival of the bachelor program, in an environment of governmental requirements on management of academic quality, and demands by the learners, which were not explicit before. The development of this project followed the survey method, with application of a questionnaire with the Likert’s scale, with 20 variables and 7 assessment items. The population consisted of 380 students who were registered in the second semester of 2017, and the sample, not representative and selected with convenience, was of 33 learners. The results show satisfactory variables such as 1) contribution on social, political and cultural development; 2) existence of teaching criterion of artistic languages; 3) commitment to the training of qualified teachers; and 4) interdisciplinary nature. The other variables were valued as unsatisfactory. Of the total number of students surveyed, 39.4% demonstrates an attitude of recognition of the bachelor as a program with academic quality; and a 60.6% has an explicit attitude of non-recognition.

scholarly journals Observation of Youth in Sociological Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 01-05
Author(s):  
Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Young People ◽  
Child Labor ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Developing Societies ◽  
Developed World

Sociology as a science of society evaluates the youth from different perspectives. Youth as one-fifth of population in most societies are facing new needs and services. In more developed world, they are almost fulfilled because of the availability of infrastructures, whereas in many developing societies because of such a vacuum, many youth are deprived of their required services and essentials of today's life. However, achievement of modernity has to a large extent provided the youth with new opportunities in many countries. Such a transition has led the youth to growing awareness. When the conditions are favorable, young people will be able to use their ability and capacity much better, or in other words, they will perform their functions/ duties satisfactorily. In such a situation, the society as a whole moves in a positive way. Many have not yet been able to provide their youth to access to education to be used in future creativity and development. Improving the quality of basic education has been highly emphasized by scholars. In many developing countries, many of those who drop out of school in early stages become child-labor; a phenomenon affecting their entire life in a negative manner. Developing societies have a wide need for different skills in various fields, which must be provided by the youth in any society.

scholarly journals Elementary School Serbia at the Time of the Covid - 19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Diklić ◽  
Života Radosavljević ◽  
Jelena Palić
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Education System ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
The World

Covid 19 is a disease that has spread all over the world. It caused upheavals in all societies and segments of society. This also relates to the Serbian society and its educational system. Education, as an important part of society, experienced a concussion. Serbia's cumbersome education system, many ongoing reforms, dissatisfaction of educators, many unresolved issues were now additionally burdened by the crown and everything it brings with it. How much of the education system, to which the primary school belongs, has successfully responded to these changes? The inflexibility and inelasticity of the education system was a major obstacle in response to such a large demand made by the Coronavirus. The transition from school to online teaching was stressful for all participants: pupils, parents and teachers. In addition to changes in the way of working, primary schools in Serbia have faced problems with the lack of information technology needed for distance learning, teaching staff who are not educated for this type of teaching, but also the quality of such teaching. All this raised the question of the quality of knowledge that pupils acquired during distance learning. The paper will discuss the management of the primary school at the time of the Covid 19, the problems encountered and how they were solved.

scholarly journals Las matemáticas, las valoraciones exteriores y la construcción del índice de desarrollo de la educación básica (IDEB) brasileña / Mathematics, external evaluations and the construction of the Basic Education Development Index (IDEB) Brazilian

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Delci Heinle Klein ◽  
Clarice Salete Traversini
Keyword(s):  
School System ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Pisa 2012 ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Determining Factor

RESUMOO presente artigo traz alguns apontamentos acerca das avaliações externas [PISA e Prova Brasil] da Educação Básica brasileira, suas intersecções com a Matemática e com o Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica - IDEB. Procura mostrar como a Matemática pode ser um fato determinante de qualidade da educação, pois, ao compor a Prova Brasil, a proficiência em Matemática é utilizada na elaboração do IDEB, que, segundo o Ministério da Educação, visa “medir a qualidade de cada escola e rede de ensino”. Assim, buscamos nossa análise da proficiência em Matemática, de crianças e jovens brasileiros, a partir de dados do relatório do PISA 2012 e dos microdados do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira- INEPABSTRACTThis article provides some notes about the external evaluations [ PISA and Proof Brazil ] of the Brazilian basic education, their intersections with Mathematics and the Development Index of Basic Education - IDEB . Seeks to show how mathematics can be a determining factor of the quality of education , therefore, to compose the Test Brazil , proficiency in mathematics is used in the preparation of IDEB , which , according to the Ministry of Education, aims to measure the quality of each school and school system . Thus , we seek our analysis of proficiency in mathematics in children and young Brazilians from the PISA 2012 report data and microdata from the National Institute of Research Anísio Teixeira- INEP .

The Comparison of Elementary Educational Curriculum between Indonesia and Finland

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Moch. Yusuf Efendi
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
National Education ◽  
National Education System ◽  
The Government

Indonesia's education system is still not able to fully answer the needs and global challenges for the future. The program of equity and improvement of education quality is a prominent problem in Indonesia. Meanwhile, the number of people at the age of primary education not included in the national education system is still very high. The education environment in Indonesia is still faced with a variety of internal problems that are fundamental and complex. In addition, the Indonesian people still face a number of problems from the basic education to higher education. The quality of education in Indonesia is still far from being expected. It is different from Finland. The government and people realize that a strong commitment to build and develop a national education system is a key determinant of the success of the state to maintain its survival as a small, resource-limited nation living in extreme and less friendly conditions. The development of the nation and nation stands on the pillars of innovation-based education and research and is fully supported by all components of the nation. This paper is expected to be an inspiration for readers to improve the quality of education in Indonesia.The method used is to use a comparative method with a literature review in which the literature related to the topics of the problem is collected, grouped, analyzed and formulated to obtain the differences that are then selected for development into the education curriculum in Indonesia. From the comparative methodology, there are several findings and can be applied in the curriculum of primary schools in Indonesia such as the education system, the implemented curriculum, and the teaching innovation and teachers.

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