POOR GOVERNANCE THREATENS EDUCATION IN AFRICA
Feb 24th, 2010 by admin
Poor governance and management are threatening the quality of basic education in Africa and putting Millennium Development Goals at risk, an international watchdog has warned. Transparency International published a new report on Tuesday that assessed primary education management structures in Uganda, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Senegal, Morocco, Madagascar and Niger. The report claims that schools in these countries had poor or non-existent governance systems and limited availability of financial documentation. Although primary education is free by law in many African countries, the report found that 44 per cent of the surveyed parents were requested to pay registration fees for their children. The quality of education was also undermined by a lack of mutual accountability between primary schools and parents, according to the report.
