Réseau Ouest et Centre Africain de Recherche en Education

Educational Research Network for West And Central Africa

2002 – 05 Program

DECEMBER 2003 – 2

Outline

Who / what is ERNWACA?

What have we done?

Where are we going?

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Mission

Promote African expertisePromouvoir l`expertise Africaine

Create a research cultureCreer une culture de recherche

Provide an independent and critical look at national education systemsApporter un regard critique et independent aux

systemes educatifs

Improve education policies and practices Ameliorer les politiques et pratiques

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Basic facts

Founded 1989, Freetown

NGO

Only bilingual education research network W/C Africa

250 member researchers Diverse institutional and professional backgrounds Diverse disciplinary backgrounds

13 member countries

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Member Countries / Pays Membres

Bénin Burkina Faso Cameroun Côte d'Ivoire Gambie Ghana Guinée Mali Niger Nigeria Sénégal Sierra Leone Togo

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Networking structure

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• 15 to 25 members

• National Coordinator

• National Coordinating Committee

• National Scientific Committee

• Regional Steering Committee

• Regional Scientific Committee

DECEMBER 2003 – 8

Regional Steering CommitteeJoshua Baku, ERNWACA-Ghana secretary general, West Africa Examinations Council, Accra

Abou Bamba, Coordinator, Network for Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA), Abidjan

Birger Fredricksen, Senior Education Advisor, Africa Region, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA

Martial Dembele, Directeur associe du Centre interuniversitaire Paul-Gérin-Lajoie de développement international en éducation (CIPGL), base à l’Université de Québec a Montréal (UQAM), chercheur Burkinabé et consultant Banque Mondiale

Aicha Bah Diallo, Deputy Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO, Paris; former Minister of Education, Guinea

Paul Dougna, Education Specialist, African Development Bank, former Professor of Economics at Universite du Benin a Lome, Togo; formerly with Ministry of Education in Togo; and first ERNWACA coordinator

Tape Goze, Directeur, Ecole Normale Superieure, Cote d’Ivoire ; ancien coordinateur du ROCARE-CI

Ann Therese NDOGN-JATTA, GAMBIAN Minister of Education

Moustafa SOURANG, Senegalese Minister of Education

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Regional Scientific CommitteeDr. (Mrs.) Sheila Bunwaree (from Mauritius), Director of Research and Documentation, Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA), headquartered in Dakar

Dr. (Mrs.) O.O. Busari (from Nigeria), Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos

Dr. Medjomo Coulibaly (from Cote d’Ivoire), Senior Education Expert, African Development Bank (formerly with USAID Regional office in Dakar)

Dr. Soumaila Diakite (from Mali), Education Advisor, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), former Ministry head of Cabinet and former head of Research at National Pedagogical Institute

Dr. (Mrs.) Karin Hyde (from Sierra Leon), Latilewa Consulting Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya, and member of Monitoring & Evaluation Technical Assistance Team of UNICEF’s ESARO Education Unit since 1997

Dr. Ousseynou Kane (from Senegal), Chair, Department of Philosophy, University Cheick Anta Diop, Dakar

Dr. Joel Samoff (from USA), Professor of Political Science and African Studies, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

DECEMBER 2003 – 11

Historique Début = 1989 (Freetown)

Phase I : 1989 - 1992 Établissement bureaux nationaux bibliographies nationales : état des lieux de la recherche en education

Phase II : 1993 - 1997 lancement études transnationales planification Décennie de l’Education, Perspectives du Segou (1995),

integration sous-regionale

Phase III : 1998 - 2001 10eme Congres Mondial de l’Education Comparatif, Cape Town ateliers/approche plaidoyer

Phase IV : 2002 - 05 …

DECEMBER 2003 – 12

Transnational Studies, 1993 - 2001

Factors affecting access and retention in elementary schools Cote d’Ivoire Gambia

Effects of community participation on access and quality of basic education (financing, management, teaching, curriculum development, skills development) Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Ghana Mali Senegal Togo

DECEMBER 2003 – 13

Four objectives for 2002-2005

Reinforce national and regional education research capacity

Improve the quality and pertinence of research for practitioners and decision-makers

Disseminate research to stimulate public and policy dialogue

Strengthen ERNWACA as an institution

DECEMBER 2003 – 14

RESEARCHERS

Conduct

Research

Build

Capac

ityDisseminate

Findings

Feedback

Activity

use of findings in planning, promotion, implementation and evaluation of practices and policies

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PUBLICS

DECEMBER 2003 – 15

1. Capacity-building

Small Grants Program for Education Research

(2002) – 30 young researchers (30% women)

Research methodology workshops

Manual on action-research

Over 50 researchers in 11 countries involved in

transnational work on quality of education, ICTs and

HIV/AIDS and education

DECEMBER 2003 – 16

2. Research

Consultancies at national and regional level (UNICEF, World Bank, SchoolNet, etc.)

Fund for Transnational and Collaborative Research (funding sought)

DECEMBER 2003 – 17

Research AgendaINCORPORATE GENDER ANALYSIS – all themes

Quality of Instruction and Management of Teachers

Impact of HIV/AIDS on education systems and education response

Education in countries in crisis or conflict

Contribution of New Technologies to Education in Africa

Use of National Languages in Education

Sector Analysis: Reform processes, decentralization, community participation, private sector involvement

Beyond basic education: links to non-formal, TEVT, higher education …

DECEMBER 2003 – 18

Quality of Education• 11-country literature review, 1992-2002; seek to

publish on emerging research trends and numerise best 200 studies reviewed

• 10 Small Grants research projects, see summary of findings/recommendations

HIV/AIDS• Review of 75 research reports and policy documents

from 5 countries, upload to central Clearinghouse, national/thematic syntheses in progress

• Perspective: prepare transnational study

ICTs• 2-yr., 5-country study of 40 pioneer schools • Perspective: apply findings to development of

teacher training programs

Research Activity, 2002 - 2004

DECEMBER 2003 – 19

3. Communication, Public / policy dialogue

Electronic communications Web site, publications online: www.rocare.org ERNWACA News / Nouvelles du ROCARE (4x/yr., #5 = Jan. 2004) Online Researcher Profiles Database

NATIONAL:Cafés ROCARE 4 seminars per country per year (piloting in Mali beginning Jan. 2004) Discussion/policy papers published in series

REGIONAL policy dialogue: Critical Perspectives seminar on Education Schooling and Skills development from a gendered perspective,

September 2004, Bamako, MALI (NORRAG + Cooperation Suisse) Institutionalize this policy dialogue space (need funding for

subsequent years)

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4. Institution-building

National: Membership diversity / quality / proactivity Membership dues and annual fees 15% of consultancy fees toward administrative expenses National institutional & ministerial support Initiation of partnerships

Regional: Evaluation to update that of 1996 (World Bank funded?) Meetings of regional steering / scientific committees Diversify and solidify funding base

DECEMBER 2003 – 22

Partners

Core support IDRC USAID

Project support Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) Canadian universities (UQAM, University of Montreal) NORRAG and Swiss development cooperation

In negotiation ADB, Swedish SIDA, NORRAD …

DECEMBER 2003 – 23

… pour votre soutien au ROCARE.

Merci … Thank you …

… for your support for ERNWACA.

DECEMBER 2003 – 24

“Let us use these ideas to ensure that our reconstruction and development go ahead in harmony.” Nelson Mandela

“In the research domain, there is no single recipe for policy impact. Luck and persistence, along with good science, are vital ingredients.”

David Glover, 1995

 “Determining what issues are discussed … may be the single most powerful political act.” Seekings and Fawcett, 1986

Policy / public dialogue …