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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?
DECEMBER 2003 – 3
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
DECEMBER 2003 – 4
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
DECEMBER 2003 – 5
Member Countries / Pays Membres
Bénin Burkina Faso Cameroun Côte d'Ivoire Gambie Ghana Guinée Mali Niger Nigeria Sénégal Sierra Leone Togo
DECEMBER 2003 – 6
NC
RC
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
DECEMBER 2003 – 9
DECEMBER 2003 – 10
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)
DECEMBER 2003 – 20
DECEMBER 2003 – 21
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 …