The Effects of Peru's Push To Improve Education. Policy, Planning, and Research Working Papers.

Autor/inn/en	King, Elizabeth M.; Bellew, Rosemary T.
Institution	World Bank, Washington, DC.
Titel	The Effects of Peru's Push To Improve Education. Policy, Planning, and Research Working Papers.
Quelle	(1989), (75 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Differences; Educational Improvement; Educational Status Comparison; Elementary Secondary Education; Family Influence; Family (Sociological Unit); Foreign Countries; Instructional Materials; Outcomes of Education; Public Schools; Rural Urban Differences; Supplies; Peru + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Unterscheiden; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Soziokultureller Vergleich; Familie; Ausland; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Materialbedarf
Abstract	From the mid-1950s to the 1960s, the government of Peru undertook a major expansion of public education, increasing the number of schools, requiring primary schools that offered an incomplete cycle to add grades, and increasing school inputs (principally teachers and textbooks). The effects of Peru's educational policies, and the effect of family background and community characteristics on the schooling level of a sample of adults was examined. Data on males and females were analyzed separately by birth cohort, using a sample of 5,644 females and 5,421 males aged 20 to 59. The study found: (1) the government's policy to expand the schools played a major role in raising education levels and narrowing the gap between rural and urban residents, and males and females; (2) the impact of parents' years of schooling and occupations on the educational levels of their children lessened over time as the supply of schools expanded throughout the country; (3) the relative effect of parents' education differs for sons' and daughters' schooling; (4) primary schools expanded rapidly even in rural areas; (5) urban residence at the age of 13 remained an important determinant of educational attainment because of the great disparity between urban and rural areas in availability of secondary schools; (6) and finally the availability of material school inputs, such as textbooks and desks at the primary level, had a large positive effect on final school levels. Contains 39 references. (Author/JJ)
Anmerkungen	The World Bank, Education and Employment Division, Population and Human Resources Department, H St., N.W., Washington, DC 20433 (free).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC