Burkina Faso : School Autonomy and Accountability
Burkina Faso has been rapidly
decentralizing its education system since 2004. Although the
Parents' Association (APE) is defined as the school
council in this report due to its nationwide coverage, the
government initiated efforts to establish school management
committees (Comites de Gestion, or COGES) in 2008 as a
platform for all local stakeholders to be engaged in school
management. Budgetary autonomy is latent in the school
system. Currently public primary schools in Burkina Faso
have no autonomy over salary and non-salary expenditures. By
contrast, autonomy in personnel management is established,
having been delegated to the commune level in 2009. The role
of the school council in school governance is also latent;
it has no authority to participate in budget formulation or
execution. School and student assessment is emerging:
standardized tests are implemented in specific grades, with
the results analyzed by the Ministry of national education
and literacy and shared with its regional, municipal, and
local offices. Finally, accountability is latent. There is a
national and regional system to analyze standardized
assessments, yet the school council has received no
guidelines on how to use assessment results. Neither does
the council have the authority to be involved in financial
audits. Burkina Faso has dramatically improved the gross
enrolment rate for primary education, from 42 percent in
1999 to 75 percent in 2009 (UNESCO 2009). School autonomy
and accountability are key components of an education system
that ensure educational quality. The transfer of core
managerial responsibilities to schools promotes local
accountability; helps reflect local priorities, values, and
needs; and gives teachers the opportunity to establish a
personal commitment to students and their parents. This
report focuses specifically on policies in the area of
school autonomy and accountability.
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Main Author: |
World Bank |
Language: | English en_US |
Published: |
Washington, DC
2012-01
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Subjects: | BASIC EDUCATION,
BASIC EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT,
BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM,
BASIC EDUCATION SERVICES,
CIVIL SERVICE,
CLASSROOMS,
COMPLETION RATES,
COUNTRY CASE STUDIES,
DROPOUT RATES,
EDUCATION DECENTRALIZATION,
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES,
EDUCATION FOR ALL,
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT,
EDUCATION POLICY,
EDUCATION SECTOR,
EDUCATION STATISTICS,
EDUCATION SYSTEM,
EDUCATION SYSTEMS,
EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTS,
EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES,
EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURE,
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY,
EXAMS,
FINANCIAL AUDITS,
FORMAL EDUCATION,
FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM,
GRADUATE STUDIES,
GROSS ENROLMENT,
GROSS ENROLMENT RATE,
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT,
HUMAN RESOURCES,
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT,
LEARNING OUTCOMES,
LEVEL OF EDUCATION,
LITERACY,
MANUALS,
MID-TERM EVALUATION,
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION,
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT,
NATIONAL EDUCATION,
NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICIES,
NET ENROLLMENT,
NET ENROLLMENT RATE,
PARENT PARTICIPATION,
PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES,
PRIMARY COMPLETION,
PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE,
PRIMARY EDUCATION,
PRIMARY LOWER SECONDARY,
PRIMARY NET ENROLLMENT RATE,
PRIMARY PUPIL,
PRIMARY STUDENT,
PRINCIPALS,
PRIVATE SCHOOLS,
PUBLIC EDUCATION,
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE,
PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS,
QUALITY OF EDUCATION,
REPETITION,
RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION,
SCHOOL AUTONOMY,
SCHOOL BUDGETS,
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION,
SCHOOL COUNCIL,
SCHOOL DIRECTORS,
SCHOOL FINANCE,
SCHOOL GOVERNANCE,
SCHOOL LEVEL,
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT,
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES,
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE,
SCHOOL PERSONNEL,
SCHOOL SYSTEM,
SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS,
SECONDARY EDUCATION,
SECONDARY SCHOOL,
SOCIETY,
STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS,
STANDARDIZED TESTS,
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT,
STUDENT ASSESSMENT,
STUDENT ASSESSMENTS,
STUDENT LEARNING,
STUDENT PERFORMANCE,
TEACHER,
TEACHER HIRING,
TEACHER PERFORMANCE,
TEACHER TENURE,
TEACHERS,
TEACHING,
TEACHING STAFF,
TEST SCORES,
YOUTH, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/18104055/burkina-faso-school-autonomy-accountability
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17515
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