This report analyzes the results ofresearch on primary and secondary education in Madagascar inorder to identify the school-level factors which have themost influence on student learning and on whether studentsstay in school. Also included are crude estimates of theresources that will be needed and which might be availableto invest in providing or establishing these factors by theyear 2000. The study combines analyses of quantifiableissues--economic decline, population growth, the size andinternal efficiency of the education system, and educationfinancing--with more qualitative concerns--school climate,the teaching/learning process, and the socio-political andcultural context--in order to capture the multi-facetedreality that will shape the future of primary and secondaryeducation in Madagascar. The focus is on schools. The studyexamines the factors that determine school effectiveness,and the conditions in schools that help children learn.Central to the study are observational case studies of 12primary sch, 12 junior secondary (CEG), and 12 seniorsecondary (lycee) schools that a Technical Group from theMinistry of Education conducted in 1993/94. The results ofthe primary school cases are compared with a 1991 evaluationof students' achievement and the factors thatcontribute to that achievement and with a forthcoming studyon primary school wastage.
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