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This article combines large-scale bibliometric analysis of publications on education by researchers based in sub-Saharan Africa with researchers’ accounts of their priorities and practice.
- Rafael Mitchell, Pauline Rose, Samuel Asare
- 16 early-career, 14 senior
- 2020
- 21 male, 9 female
Aug 14, 2020 · This article combines large-scale bibliometric analysis of publications on education by researchers based in sub-Saharan Africa with researchers’ accounts of their priorities and...
Nov 24, 2020 · Countries across Africa continue to face major challenges in education. In this review, we examine 145 recent empirical studies (from 2014 onward) on how to increase access to and improve the...
Mar 24, 2024 · Sub-Saharan Africa is falling short on achieving inclusive, equitable, quality education due to misaligned policy and funding priorities, a lack of access and inclusion, gender disparities, physical barriers, curricular constraints, and inadequate teacher training [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15].
The database aims to raise the visibility of African research, consolidate the evidence base for policy and practice, and inform future research priorities and partnerships. The AERD is a curated collection of research undertaken in the past decade by scholars based in sub-Saharan Africa.
Africa’s contribution to global education research is estimated to be around 2.13%, where more than 90% of the research was published after the year 2000. The field is dominated by a few specific countries, among others, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana.
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Education in sub-saharan Africa : a comparative analysis / by Kirsten Majgaard and Alain Mingat. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-8213-8889-1 — ISBN 978-0-8213-8890-7 1. Education—Africa, Sub-Saharan—Finance. 2. Education—Africa, Sub-Saharan—Finance— Statistics. 3. School management and organization—Africa, Sub-Saharan. 4. Education and