scholarly journals Free Primary Education: Quality And Teachers Dilemma

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes W. Gathumbi
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Equitable Access ◽  
Free Primary Education ◽  
Significant Step ◽  
Policy Objectives

The current government’s overall goal within education remains to achieve Education for All (EFA) by 2015, with the top policy objectives being to ensure equitable access and improvement in quality and efficiency. In January 2003, the Kenya government made a significant step towards this vision by announcing Free Primary Education. While this was a laudable goal, it brought with it other problems. An additional 1.3 million children were enrolled in schools. The rapid increase in numbers has triggered widespread concern about the quality of education. This paper discusses the problems teachers have to grapple with, particularly in the absence of additional targeted resources to the education sector. The paper also makes recommendations.

IN SEARCH OF EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY FOR UKRAINE

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viсtor Ognevyuk
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
School Management ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
The World ◽  
Management School ◽  
Global Competitiveness Report

The article deals with the world rating of Ukrainian educational sphere according to The Global Competitiveness Report and UNESCO Science Report. It shows comparative indices of Ukraine in contrast to the other countries of these world ratings according to the “Quality of primary education”, “Penetration of primary education”, “Penetration of secondary education”, “Quality of secondary education”, “Quality of education in Sciences”, “Quality of school management”, “School access to the internet” and others. The article also defines strategic directions of reforming Ukrainian education system to improve its position in the world international ratings.

scholarly journals WAJIB BELAJAR (WAJAR) SEMBILAN TAHUN DALAM PERSPEKTIF PENINGKATAN MUTU PENDIDIKAN DASAR

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (VIII) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Herwanto Herwanto
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Education For All ◽  
School Age ◽  
National Education

Education for all has been stipulated in the Preamble of 1945 Constitution of Republic of Indonesia. As from the proclamation of Independence Day, the Indonesian government has been developing national education to give the Indonesians equal and broad opportunity to have access for education. This article discusses the implementation of nine years’ compulsory education program to provide the citizens with equal access for education and simultanously to improve basic education quality. The discussion is focused in planning, implementation, and outcomes of the program, as it is assumed that the three aspects are inter-related each others in achieving the target. The discussion concludes, the nine years’ compulsory education program in Indonesia is implemented through improving the opportunity to have basic education for all school age children and simultaneously to accelerate the quality of education. However, to reach the target of quality some recommendations are provided.

scholarly journals Political Economy of Education: Assessing Institutional and Structural Constraints to Quality and Access to Education Opportunities in Tanzania

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110472
Author(s):  
Haggai Kennedy Ochieng ◽  
Cho Yeonsung
Keyword(s):  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Financial Flows ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Impact

In the year 2000, a global agenda to achieve quality education for all children by 2015 was birthed. However, even after the lapse of this period, quality of education remained low in developing countries. In light of this, the World Bank developed a framework for assessing education quality based on six facets, namely, assessment; autonomy; accountability; attention to teachers; attention to early childhood development; and attention to culture, together called 6As. Based on this framework, this paper examines education quality and attainment in Tanzania, and how Korea, which has partnered with Tanzania can help mitigate the challenges in the sector, which the two countries have set as their priority development partnership sector. The study is qualitative analysis based on secondary data. The study finds that Tanzania has made significant progress in line with education for all, exhibited by high enrollment rates, which is above the average of sub-Saharan Africa. Nonetheless, major failures exist in regard to quality of education, occasioned by policies that are inconsistent with the 6As. In situations where proper reforms have been instituted, laxity in enforcement have played a role to undermine quality. Moreover, Korea’s support to Tanzania does not involve significant cross-border financial flows. As a result, the impact of its assistance on local education system is limited. The paper recommends significant reforms in education management. Korea can leverage its partnership with Tanzania to initiate stakeholder dialog in areas of necessary reforms. It should also increase cross-border financial flows and provide technical assistance to Tanzania’s based on its success with education reforms.

scholarly journals Quality of Education offered to Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in the era of Free Primary Education (FPE) in Rural Kenya: Perspectives of Educationists, Teachers and Parents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Charles Makori Omoke
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Free Primary Education ◽  
Regular Teachers ◽  
Teachers And Parents

<p>The education of children with special educational needs (SEN) has been a focus of international inquiry. There is a strong advocacy for the inclusion of children with SEN in regular schools although this remains contentious and challenging. Despite an emphasis by the Kenyan government that children with SEN should be included in regular schooling, there has not been substantial investigation especially in rural settings on how these children can receive quality education. This thesis seeks to address this issue by exploring the perspectives of educationists, teachers and parents on the quality of education offered to children with SEN in the era of free primary education in a rural setting. A qualitative interpretive approach to research was used to generate data through interviews with government officials, teachers and parents, focus group discussions with regular teachers and observations in three schools spread over three rural districts. Thematic analysis was employed in analysing the data. A critical theory approach focussing on social justice and rights of children as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was used as a lens. The findings revealed that despite policy articulation, children with SEN occupied the role of “others” in schools and the society and were described in negative terms. Participants, especially regular staff and parents were emphatic that children with SEN required “experts” and “special” resources both of which were not available in regular schools. The participants felt that the available curriculum was relevant for “normal” children and therefore could not meet the educational needs of children with SEN. The broad conclusion drawn from this study is that there is need to distinctly define the terms inclusive education, special education and mainstream education in a way that the core stakeholders can understand, interpret and implement within their contexts. Designing a means of progress monitoring other than national examinations may help motivate both regular teachers and parents to see the need to have children with SEN in regular schools. There is need for further investigation on how regular teachers can be persuaded from existing beliefs that they are not qualified to teach children with SEN and how to convince parents that their children are worthy of an education.</p>

scholarly journals HIGHER EDUCATION, QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION, EXPERT SUPPORT AND ITS ASSURANCE: THE CANONIZATION OF CONCEPTS (THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL DISCOURSE)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Batechko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Expert Support

The article highlights the peculiarities of the justification of the concept of “quality of education” in modern scientific discourse. At the same time, the investigated phenomenon is presented in the interpretation of the systemic and synergistic approaches. It is noted that the synergy of systematic and synergistic approaches can serve as a theoretical and methodological justification for the quality of education. In the context of systemic and synergetic approaches, modern realities of introducing the basic principles of the quality of education and its expert support in the national higher school are analysed. It has been proved that taking into account the best European principles for ensuring the quality of education and own vision of the solution of the problem will allow accelerating the processes of reforming the education sector in Ukraine.

scholarly journals OTONOMI PENDIDIKAN DAN EKSISTENSI MADRASAH

Conciencia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
Akmal Hawi
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
Decentralization Of Education

The policy of regional autonomy has also implicated the education sector with the concept of decentralization of education, which aims to provide widespread authority to regulate and manage madrasah (local authorities) in the framework of improving the quality of education for all levels of society. Madrasah as one of the educational institutions that take shelter in the Department of Religion inevitably come into contact with the issue of educational autonomy. But the problem is whether the Department of Religion remains in the position of the autonomous rights holder for the entire education system in the madrasah or only limited to religious subjects only. A consistent, cautious but definite and nondisadvantageous attitude to the Department of Religion needs to be addressed in a special discussion.

scholarly journals Quality of Education offered to Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in the era of Free Primary Education (FPE) in Rural Kenya: Perspectives of Educationists, Teachers and Parents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Charles Makori Omoke
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Free Primary Education ◽  
Regular Teachers ◽  
Teachers And Parents

<p>The education of children with special educational needs (SEN) has been a focus of international inquiry. There is a strong advocacy for the inclusion of children with SEN in regular schools although this remains contentious and challenging. Despite an emphasis by the Kenyan government that children with SEN should be included in regular schooling, there has not been substantial investigation especially in rural settings on how these children can receive quality education. This thesis seeks to address this issue by exploring the perspectives of educationists, teachers and parents on the quality of education offered to children with SEN in the era of free primary education in a rural setting. A qualitative interpretive approach to research was used to generate data through interviews with government officials, teachers and parents, focus group discussions with regular teachers and observations in three schools spread over three rural districts. Thematic analysis was employed in analysing the data. A critical theory approach focussing on social justice and rights of children as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was used as a lens. The findings revealed that despite policy articulation, children with SEN occupied the role of “others” in schools and the society and were described in negative terms. Participants, especially regular staff and parents were emphatic that children with SEN required “experts” and “special” resources both of which were not available in regular schools. The participants felt that the available curriculum was relevant for “normal” children and therefore could not meet the educational needs of children with SEN. The broad conclusion drawn from this study is that there is need to distinctly define the terms inclusive education, special education and mainstream education in a way that the core stakeholders can understand, interpret and implement within their contexts. Designing a means of progress monitoring other than national examinations may help motivate both regular teachers and parents to see the need to have children with SEN in regular schools. There is need for further investigation on how regular teachers can be persuaded from existing beliefs that they are not qualified to teach children with SEN and how to convince parents that their children are worthy of an education.</p>

scholarly journals Manajemen Dan Nilai Ekonomi Pendidikan Dasar Dalam Meningkatkan Mutu Pendidikan

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Sri Winarsih
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Continuous Quality ◽  
School Based

<p><em>Management is the all process for carrying out a job through someone else done by two or more people to achieve a state goal which has been determined.  In other word, management is a means of managing the organization. Improving the quality of education need to continuous quality improvement which is a formula or approach should be one of the paradigms of school based management. Improvement of quality approach countinuely is expected to overcome the problem of education quality’s which is not only uses conventional approaches, but in need of an approach in order to optimize resources and fund. It is intended to achieve state objectives effectively, efficiently, creatively and innovatively. The directions approach to improving the quality of the school led to recognize and implement the total quality management. It is an integrated quality management undertaken by all levels of management and the institutional part of the system with the goal of providing outstanding service to customer. Then every school must optimize the management to improve the quality and economic value.<br /> Economic value of primary education can provide several benefits including, namely: social and economy benefits. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong><em>: Management, Economic Value of Primary Education Quality</em>.</p>

UPAYA PENINGKATAN MUTU PENDIDIKAN DI PONDOK PESANTREN HJ. HANIAH MAROS SULAWESI SELATAN

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Muin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
The People ◽  
Interest And Motivation

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to reveal how the quality of education in this Islamic boarding school is, particularly related to education facilities, curriculum and strategies of education quality improve­ments. This study used the qualitative method. Findings of this study are: first, education infrastructure and facilities are relatively complete and adequate, which are supported by the atmosphere of the Islamic boarding school that is full of simplicity and modesty by habituation in implementing clean and healthy lifestyle. Second, the tafaqquh fi-al din (understanding of religion)-based curriculum compiled by the Islamic boarding school occupies the same degree (equal) to the curriculum prepared by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, so that both tafaqquh fi-al din (understanding of religion) studies and general studi­es have high electability, which is able to increase the quality of education and also generates interest and motivation of the people (parents) to put their children to the Islamic boarding school. Third, education in the Islamic boarding school has a strong independency because it is supported by substantial financial resources.AbstrakTujuan tulisan ini untuk mengungkapkan bagaimana mutu pendidikan di pondok pesantren ini, khususnya berkaitan dengan sarana pendidikan, kurikulum dan sterategi peningkatan mutu pendidik­an. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif. Hasil temuan studi ini adalah: Pertama, sarana dan fasilitas pendidikan relatif lengkap dan memadai, ini didukung oleh suasana kehidupan pondok pesan­tren yang penuh kesederhanaan dan kebersahajaan dengan pembiasaan menerapkan pola hidup bersih dan sehat. Kedua, kurikulum yang berbasis tafaqquh fi-al din yang disusun oleh pondok pesantren ini menempati derajat yang sama (equal) dengan kurikulum yang disusun Kementerian Agama, sehinga baik kajian tafaqquh fi al-din maupun pelajaran umum memiliki electabilitas yang tinggi, hal ini mampu meningkatkan mutu pendidikan dan sekaligus membangkitkan animo dan motivasi masyarakat (orangtua) untuk memasukkan anaknya ke pesantren ini. Ketiga, penyelenggaraan pendidikan di pon­dok pesantren ini memiliki kemandirian yang kuat, karena didukung oleh sumber dana yang besar.

KINERJA KOMITE SEKOLAH DALAM MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS PENDIDIKAN DI SMP AL-KHAIRAAT KALUMPANG KOTA TERNATE

EDUKASI ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anwar Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Committee Meeting ◽  
Student Parents ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
School Committee ◽  
School Programs

The purpose are (1) to know the school committee to improve the quality of education at SMP Al-Khairaat Kalumpang Ternate; ( 2 ) to know the work achievement of school committee to improve the education quality  at SMP Al-Khairaat Kalumpang Ternate.The approaches used in this research is a qualitative approach.Research result indicates that ( 1 ) a school committee at SMP Al-Khairaat Kalumpang Ternate has formed by 2012 in accordance with the decree no. 325 / B-III / SMP.BP. Alkh / 11 / 2010 and has the school committee structure, namely; chief; secretaries, and the treasury; ( 2 ) the school committee meeting periodically, that is four times in a year. Involved in the talks is the principal, the teacher, student parents, Al-Khairaat foundation and the school committee. Things had been spoken in the meeting are; the school fee, standards graduation, the school programs plan ; ( 3 ) the school committee does not make a written report yet orally. This is a form of violations Kepmendiknas number 044 / u / 2002 about the school committee.( 4 ) the school committee ' s active, this could influence the development of education at SMP Al-Khairaat Kalumpang Tenate.It is a part breach Kepmendiknas number 044 / u / 2002 about the school committee. The keywords:  performance, the quality, the school committee

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