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Panel 1. Educational quality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) at issue

1. The experience of Mauritius
2. Film: points of view on quality
3. Discussion paper: The challenge of learning—improving the quality of basic education in SSA

 

Panel 2. ROUND TABLE
Assessing and taking stock of the quality of education in Africa

1. Lessons learned from regional experiences in learning assessment - MLA
   Lessons learned from regional experiences in learning assessment - PASEC.
   
2. Using the MLA study to investigate quality factors in private schools: Gambia case study
3. Indicators and monitoring quality through statistics (WGES)
4. Monitoring performance: assessment and examinations in Africa

Panel 3. Policy options and options for financing quality

1. Equity and learning: the gender dimension (FAWE)
2. EFA 2003 report on girls’ education
3. Cost effective approaches to quality: essential inputs in a context of rare resources
4. Use on interactive radio

 

Panel 4. Teacher development at the center of pedagogical renewal

1. Thematic synthesis. Pedagogical renewal and teacher development
   
   ROUND TABLE: Professional development of teachers
   
   
2. Self-evaluation of teachers: the path to a better school (WGTP)
3. Reform of initial training of teachers in Guinea (FIMG): analysis and assessment of the implementation
4. Teacher training via distance education in Mauritius (WGDEOL)

Panel 5. Reinforcing the relevance and efficiency of learning

1. Thematic synthesis. Relevance of education: adapting curricula and the use of African languages
2. Primary education reading program in Zambia
3. Beyond access and equity: improving the quality of nomadic education in Nigeria
4. Early childhood development as an important strategy to improve learning outcomes (WGECD)

 

Panel 6. Implementing reforms in schools and classrooms

1. Thematic synthesis. Scaling up and sustaining education reforms
2. An approach to improving educational quality in the context of reforms in Mauritania
3. The impact of the education reform program on the quality of basic education in Uganda
4. Lessons learned from the Improving Educational Quality (IEQ) approach

Panel 7. ROUNDTABLE
How is quality ensured elsewhere ?

1. Quality of secondary education in Africa
2. Ensuring the quality of distance education in higher education: the experience of the African Virtual University
3. The role and contribution of higher education to improving the quality of basic education (WGHE)
4. Ensuring quality in the health sector

 

Panel 8. Decentralization and diversification: the role of civil society and communities

1. Thematic synthesis. Decentralizing and diversifying the delivery systems: involving and empowering for “school citizenship”
   

   ROUND TABLE: Decentralization and participation of civil society
   

2. Experiences from Senegal,
   
3. Experiences from Madagascar, (in french only)
   
4. Experiences from Burkina Faso (WGNFE)
   
5. Experiences from Mali (Save the Children)
   
6. Experiences from Nigeria and Uganda (WGFE)
   
7. Experiences from Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation

Panel 9. External partnerships: financing and knowledge sharing

1. Joint evaluation of external support: local solutions to global challenges for effective partnerships in basic education
2. Implementation matters: Exploring their critical role in transforming policies and investments into results
3. Supporting the quality of basic education in SSA: the experience of the World Bank
4. Universal Primary Education in multilingual societies: experience of the GTZ
5. Lessons learned from the implementation of a curriculum reform

 

Panel 10. HIV/AIDS and the quality of education

1. HIV /aids and  the  quality of education
2. HIV/AIDS: a threat to Education Quality in sub-saharan Africa