Time to Teach: Teacher Attendance and Time on Task in West and Central Africa. Report Summary

Institution	UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (Italy)
Titel	Time to Teach: Teacher Attendance and Time on Task in West and Central Africa. Report Summary
Quelle	(2021), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Foreign Countries; Employee Absenteeism; Teacher Behavior; Teacher Attendance; Elementary School Teachers; Time Management; Teacher Motivation; Barriers; Incidence; Teacher Education; Teacher Salaries; Faculty Workload; Geographic Location; Teaching Conditions; Environmental Influences; Africa; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Nigeria; Gambia; Gabon; Mauritania; Ghana; Cote d'Ivoire; Togo + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Employee; Absenteeism; Absentismus; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Zeitmanagement; Vorkommen; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Afrika; Gabun; Mauretanien
Abstract	In sub-Saharan Africa, the loss of teaching hours due to teacher absenteeism corresponds to a waste of approximately 46 cents for every US dollar invested in education, an annual wastage of 1-3% of GDP. This brief summarizes the results of research in 11 countries in West and Central Africa under the Time to Teach study, a project in UNICEF that aims to provide critical insights into the factors that underpin different forms of primary school teacher absenteeism. It explains the frequency of teacher absenteeism in four forms--absence from school, lateness or early departure, absence from the classroom, and reduced time on task--and the reasons teachers give for their absence. But teachers are also motivated by factors such as training, availability of teaching and learning resources, and other non-system factors. More details are available in the country reports. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti. Via degli Alfani 58, 50121, Florence, Italy. Tel: 39-055-20330; Fax: 39-055-2033220; e-mail: florence@unicef.org; Web site: https://www.unicef-irc.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01