Innocenti Research Report Time to Teach: Teacher attendance and time on task in West and Central Africa AUTHOR(S) Ximena Játiva; Despina Karamperidou; Michelle Mills; Stefania Vindrola; Hanna Wedajo; Andrea Dsouza; Jessica Bergmann Published: 2022 Innocenti Research Report Teachers are the most important drivers of students’ academic achievement and they are at the heart of learning recovery efforts. Finding out the bottlenecks and necessary conditions for ensuring teachers’ presence at school and in the classroom is essential. Time to Teach is a mixed methods research initiative that aims to find out the contextual, working conditions and policy factors impeding primary school teacher attendance in 11 West and Central African countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, The Gambia, and Togo. The study considers teacher attendance as multi-dimensional, in four distinct forms. Teachers were asked to about their attendance in relation to: (1) being school; (2) being punctual (arriving and leaving on time); (3) being the classroom; and (4) spending sufficient time on task. Evidence is drawn from national, system-wide qualitative data collection and school observations, and a quantitative survey of 1,673 teachers working in 234 purposively selected primary schools. While primary data were collected prior to the COVID-19 school closures (in the 2018/2019 school year), the study provides important insights on how the pandemic has exacerbated chronic challenges of education systems that impact teacher attendance and is therefore informative for policy, both in the current COVID-19 era and beyond. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 68 | Thematic area: Education, WCARO | Tags: central africa, education, teachers, west africa × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Ximena Játiva; Despina Karamperidou; Michelle Mills; Stefania Vindrola; Hanna Wedajo; Andrea Dsouza; Jessica Bergmann 2022 Time to Teach: Teacher attendance and time on task in West and Central Africa. , pp. 68.
Innocenti Research Report Time to Teach: La fréquentation des enseignants et le temps d’enseignement dans les écoles primaires en Guinée AUTHOR(S) Maria Carolina Alban Conto Published: 2021 Innocenti Research Report L'absentéisme des enseignants est un défi particulier qui affecte les progrès éducatifs et l'apprentissage des enfants en Guinée. Des études antérieures suggèrent que 15 pour cent des élèves considèrent l'absentéisme des enseignants comme l'une des principales raisons de leur insatisfaction à l'égard de l'école. Bien que le défi de l'absentéisme soit reconnu par les acteurs politiques nationaux, les études sur les facteurs, les politiques et les pratiques qui influencent l’assiduité des enseignants en Guinée restent rares. La pandémie de COVID-19 ne fera qu'exacerber les défis existants. L'étude Time to Teach (TTT) vise à combler ce manque de connaissances et à renforcer la base de preuves sur les différents types d'assiduité des enseignants du primaire et les facteurs qui y contribuent. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 50 | Thematic area: Education | Tags: primary education, primary schools, teachers × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Maria Carolina Alban Conto 2021 Time to Teach: La fréquentation des enseignants et le temps d’enseignement dans les écoles primaires en Guinée. , pp. 50.
Innocenti Insights Birth Registration and Armed Conflict Published: 2007 Innocenti Insights The research theme was identified within the framework of the European Network for the Research Agenda on Children in Armed Conflict and has been developed by UNICEF IRC with the co-operation of a number of Network partners and UNICEF offices in the field. It reviews the problem of non-registration in conflict-affected countries while drawing on case studies to analyze successful or promising initiatives to ensure registration. The ultimate goal is to assist practitioners in the field in conflict and post-conflict environments to promote emerging encouraging practices in ensuring the right of the child to birth registration and thereby to the enjoyment of many rights. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 52 | Thematic area: Conflict and Displacement | Tags: armed conflicts, civil war, conflicts, convention on the rights of the child × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2007 Birth Registration and Armed Conflict. , pp. 52.
Innocenti Insights Registo de nacimento e conflitos arrmados Published: 2005 Innocenti Insights O direito das crianças a serem registadas e o seu direito a um nome e uma identidade estão claramente enunciados na Convenção sobre os Direitos da Criança. O registo de nascimento é instrumental para salvaguardar os direitos humanos, uma vez que constitui a “prova” oficial da existência de uma criança. Essa documentação é crucial, sobretudo em tempos de conflito armado ou de instabilidade. A “invisibilidade” das crianças não-registadas aumenta a sua vulnerabilidade e o risco de as violações dos seus direitos passarem despercebidas. Assegurar o registo de nascimento das crianças que se encontram numa situação de conflito ou subsequente a um conflito é, pois, uma prioridade. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 54 | Thematic area: Child Protection | Tags: birth registration, child protection, children in armed conflicts, right to a name × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2005 Registo de nacimento e conflitos arrmados. , pp. 54.
