Getting Textbooks to Every Child in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Birger Fredriksen and Sukhdeep Brar

"Textbooks play a key role in enhancing the quality of learning, especially in the context of low-income Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries characterized by large class-size, poorly motivated and inadequately trained teachers, and short effective school years. There are also high rates of illiteracy among parents and few reading materials at home for the student to bank on. Despite extensive investments by governments, the World Bank and other development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464805407
• ISBN13: 9781464805400
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"