Achieving universal primary education by 2015 was one of the Millennium Development Goals adopted in 2000 by all 191 United Nations states. Remarkably, the goal of "education for all" largely has been met - but levels of literacy and numeracy remain low. Now the frontier challenge is to improve the learning outcomes of children in school - in South Africa and in many, many other countries around the world.
Read parts 1 and 2 here and here
A newly released five-year study by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers based at the University of Cape Town explores from a governance perspective why it has been so difficult to translate schooling into learning. Part one and part two of this series highlighted some of the project's key findings. This final piece provides a broader perspective on their implications for action.
At a proximate level, what needs to happen is straightforward: in schools which work well, teachers teach in ways that enable learners to learn. So if learning isn't happening, an obvious proximate...
