Children's educational completion rates and achievement : implications for Ethiopia's second poverty reduction strategy (2006-10)

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dc.contributor.authorWoldehanna, Tassew
dc.contributor.authorJones, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorTefera, Bekele
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-10T15:25:10Z
dc.date.available2011-08-10T15:25:10Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThe major development objectives of the Ethiopian Government are to reduce poverty and improve primary school enrolment and educational achievement (SDPRP, 2002). However, education performance indicators show that only access‑related targets have been achieved, while educational quality declined in most respects. Drawing on a sample of 1,000 children aged 7.5 to 8.5 years old from twenty sentinel sites, the Young Lives project sought to understand the determinants of school completion and achievement at the household, community, regional and national levels across different regions of Ethiopia. The paper identifies the specific factors associated with primary school completion/dropout rates, and educational achievement and performance of children, and assesses the mechanisms through which these factors are influential...en
dc.formatTexten
dc.format.extent1 digital file (67 p. : ill.)en
dc.identifier.isbn1-904427-19-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/46807
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherYoung lives, London, GBen
dc.relation.ispartofWorking paper / Young lives; no. 18en
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL STATISTICSen
dc.subjectLITERACYen
dc.subjectQUALITY OF EDUCATIONen
dc.subjectCHILDHOOD POVERTYen
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENTen
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTen
dc.subjectETHIOPIAen
dc.titleChildren's educational completion rates and achievement : implications for Ethiopia's second poverty reduction strategy (2006-10)en
dc.typeBooken
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.number102447
idrc.project.titleYoung Lives - Assessing the Impact of Ethiopia's SDPRP on Child Well-Beingen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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