1 / 12

How can IDRC better incorporate education research in its programs?

How can IDRC better incorporate education research in its programs?. presented by Kathryn TOURE , Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA / ROCARE) for Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Matrix Meeting of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

abeni
Download Presentation

How can IDRC better incorporate education research in its programs?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. How can IDRC better incorporate education research in its programs? presented by Kathryn TOURE, Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA / ROCARE) for Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Matrix Meeting of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) 20-22 January 2004 Dakar, Senegal

  2. INTRO: Research processes • IDRC Advantages (grantee point of view) • Stakeholders identify research priorities • Works regionally, across national and linguistic borders • Fosters interdisciplinary collaboration • Has regional offices on the continent • Need more IDRC support • Management of research, sharing best practices, learning networks • Publication (i.e. better knowledge management, better support for “closing the loop”)

  3. Outline • Why education? • African education statistics • Education challenges • Researchable issues • Questions for small group discussions

  4. Why education? • Empowers individuals to make personal and social choices • Foundation for nation-building and development of democratic institutions • Improves health • Can encourage environmental responsibility • Can contribute to sustained economic growth

  5. Africa education statistics • Early childhood development • Quality education for all • Adult literacy • Gender equality Click for one-page Word document: Africa education statistics in relation to international objectives for 2015 (set in 2000)

  6. Education challenges • Quality of teaching, lack of teachers • Equitable access, including girls/women • Lack of materials • Local languages as medium of instruction • Pertinence of curriculum • Reform implementation • Overemphasis basic education (vs. secondary/higher, lifelong learning, non-formal, TEVT, etc.) • HIV/AIDS • Financing/management

  7. Who does the research? • Ministries of education • Bilateral, multilateral, UNICEF, UNESCO • Regional/African institutions: ERNWACA, ERNESA, SACHES, SAQMEC, PASEC/CONFEMEN, ADEA Working Groups, CODESRIA • EPSI/SADC, UEMOA+ECOWAS/CEDEAO

  8. Researchable issues, IDRC area ofEnvironment and Natural Resource Management • Integration of environmental issues into curriculum • Biodiversity education

  9. Researchable issues, IDRC area ofICTs for Development • ICTs to: • improve the quality of teaching and learning • train more teachers (distance education) • improve the quality of school management • build African research capacity and promote African expertise

  10. Researchable issues, IDRC area ofSocial and Economic Equity • Civic education for good governance • Education sector corruption • Aid policy/practice • HIV/AIDS impact / education response • Decentralization, intersectoral lessons on women's empowerment

  11. Researchable issues, IDRC area ofTrade, employment, competition • Transition from school to work • What education for greater national competitivity? • What human resources for Africa in 2020? in 2050?

  12. Questions for Small Groups • What should the relationship be between IDRC strategy and pressing education issues on the African continent? • Please identify key education research issues in relationship with IDRC program initiatives.

More Related