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Robinson, Clinton – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2016
Linguistic diversity characterizes many countries with large literacy needs. Meeting these needs will require a multilingual approach based on learning initial literacy in the learner's mother tongue, with other languages used subsequently. This article identifies five major challenges in implementing multilingual programmes and traces the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Policy, Languages, Multilingualism
El-Araby, Ashraf – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2011
This study analyses the policies for financing higher education in six Arab countries: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, and Tunisia. It assesses the adequacy of spending on higher education, the efficiency with which resources are utilized, and the equity implications of resource allocations. Based on six detailed case studies, this…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Higher Education, Arabs, Foreign Countries
Bougroum, Mohammed; Ibourk, Aomar – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2011
This paper explores the higher education financing policy in Morocco in light of the central issue of equity. First, it surveys the current situation, using a critical approach to the present financing policy, and looking at the three dimensions of adequacy, efficiency, and equity. Second, it describes the principal policy challenges in financing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Financial Support
Abadzi, Helen – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2007
Studies have shown that the amount of time students spend engaged in learning tasks is related to learning outcomes. However, schools often offer to the students only a fraction of the time that governments pay for, and schools in lower-income areas often offer less time than governments plan for students. Instructional time ought to be an…
Descriptors: Accountability, Time, Time Blocks, Time Factors (Learning)
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Dardour, Mohamed – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2000
Analysis of a national Moroccan literacy and numeracy campaign aimed at adult farmers found that despite the farmers' strong motivations to learn, the initiative had little impact due to irrelevant content, inappropriate teaching methods and poor teacher training, failure to take account of students' expectations and needs, and the top-down nature…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Farmers, Foreign Countries
Diyen, Hayat – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2004
As people embark on a new globalized world, the old formal system of education in the Arab world is facing challenges and dilemmas. How can the new system preserve their Islamic and Arabic culture, while incorporating strategies for a new globalized world? This article tries to answer some of these questions by focusing on Morocco as a case study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Secondary Education, Labor Market
Bouzoubaa, Khadija; Benghabrit-Remaoun, Nouria – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2004
This article is an analysis of the current state of early childhood care in the Maghreb, in particular in Morocco and Algeria, where the pre-schooling rate for 5-year-olds is on the increase. Extending pre-school infrastructures and the need to create unified curricula have been among the most urgent questions to be tackled over the last decade in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advantaged, Young Children, Child Care