The Challenge of Expanding Secondary Education and Training in Madagascar

World Bank

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE;    ACADEMIC SUBJECTS;    ACCESS RATE;    ACCESS TO EDUCATION;    ACHIEVEMENT SCORES;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-7503-7
RP-ID  :  43974

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Madagascar is making significantprogress in achieving its Education for All Initiative (EFA)goals of providing universal primary education. It hasrecently decided to initiate far-reaching reforms in itsprimary and secondary education cycles. Good quality primarygraduates are necessary for entry into the secondaryeducation cycles in Madagascar. But equally important is thequality and relevance of what is taught and learned insecondary schools. This is one of the keys for acceleratedeconomic growth and effective social development.International global trends in secondary education provide auseful framework for undertaking the current reform insecondary education. Madagascar's labor market needsmore and better secondary graduates with "modernknowledge and better skills" to make its economycompetitive and to attract overseas investments in thecountry. Asia and Latin America have already shown the way.However, to make the expansion of post-primary educationservices in Madagascar sustainable the system should becomemuch more efficient and produce better results (in terms ofquality and quantity). This report is designed to contributeto ongoing education reform discussions by presenting:analysis of the secondary education and training system;challenges and constraints to the expansion of the system;options to expand and improve secondary education based onother country experiences; and possible next steps foridentifying the most appropriate course of action. Thisreport aims to encourage discussion among policymakers,stakeholders, and donors, and does not promote one approachover another. To promote a more competitive economy inMadagascar in the 21st century, the government expects toincrease the average years of schooling from the current 4.5years to about 9-10 years by 2015 for the relative agegroups. This report discusses the ongoing reform and itsimpact and provides suggestions for implementation. Thisreport is intended to be used as a discussion instrument andto be disseminated among Madagascar's stakeholders in education.