Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning through Community Participation: Achievements, Limitations and Risks. Early Lessons from the Schooling Improvement Fund in Ghana, 1998, 38 p.

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Ann Condy

July 1998

Social Development Working Paper No. 2

ISSN: 1462-8651
ISBN: 1 86192 052 0

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Table of Contents

Summary

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. The SIF in Ghana - project design and process

The SIF and community participation
Design limitations on extent of participatory activities

2. Community empowerment and ownership

Achievements
Limitations¹³

Power and influence
Administrative and management skills

3. Limits to community empowerment as a means of improving quality of teaching and learning

4 Relationship between NGO and local institutions and education authorities

Community level
District level

5. Links between community governance and quality, and access to education

Quality and access; community participation and access
Poverty and access

6 Conclusions and recommendations

Annex 1. Background to community participation in education in Ghana