Expanding Opportunities for South African Youth through Math and Science : The Impact of Dinaledi Program

In 2001, the Government of South Africa launched the Dinaledi Schools program, aimed at increasing the number of African and Indian secondary students entering and succeeding in mathematics and physical sciences Senior Certificate exams. The Dinaledi program provides selected high schools with a combination of supplementary inputs, including teachers, training, textbooks and calculators as well as close monitoring by the National Department of Education. This paper estimates the impact of the Dinaledi program for about 350 schools assigned to the program in the course of its expansion in 2005. It exploits administrative panel data for the years 2005-07 using a difference-in-difference estimation strategy. This is combined with a propensity score matching approach that compares Dinaledi schools with schools that are observably similar prior to the implementation of the program.

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Main Authors:	Blum, Jurgen, Krishnan, Nandini, Legovini, Arianna
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, ACCESS TO QUALITY SCHOOLING, ACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION, ADOLESCENTS, APARTHEID LEGACY, AVERAGE ENROLMENT RATE, AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, BINDING, BLACK STUDENTS, CALL, CAREER, CAREER GUIDANCE, CLASS SIZES, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, CURRICULUM, DEGREES, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION OUTCOMES, EDUCATION REFORM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EDUCATORS, EIGHTH-GRADERS, EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT RATES, ENROLMENT GROWTH, ENROLMENT RATE, ENROLMENT RATES, ENROLMENT TRENDS, ENROLMENTS, ETHNIC COMPOSITION, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXAM, EXAMS, FEMALE ENROLMENT, FEMALE ENROLMENTS, FEMALE LEARNERS, FEMALE STUDENTS, FINAL GRADE, GENDER COMPOSITION, GENDER IMBALANCES, GRADE EXAMS, HEAD START, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION, HIGH SCHOOLS, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER GRADE, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN SCIENCES, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INITIAL ENROLMENT, INSTRUCTION, INTERVENTIONS, JOB TRAINING, LABORATORY EQUIPMENT, LABOUR MARKET, LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION, LANGUAGE TEACHERS, LEARNERS, LEARNING, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LITERATURE, LOW ENROLMENT, MALE ENROLMENTS, MATHEMATICS TEXTBOOKS, MEDICAL DOCTORS, MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM, NATIONAL SCHOOL, NET ENROLMENT, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NUMERACY, PAPERS, PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS, PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS, PERSISTENT INEQUALITIES, PHYSICAL SCIENCES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PROVISION OF TEXTBOOKS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, QUALIFIED TEACHERS, QUALITY OF TEACHING, QUALITY TEXTBOOKS, RATE OF STUDENTS, SCHOOL ENROLMENTS, SCHOOL FEES, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL POPULATION, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL SIZE, SCHOOL STATUS, SCHOOL SURVEYS, SCHOOL TYPES, SCHOOL VISITS, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT, SCIENCE EDUCATION, SCIENCE TEACHERS, SECONDARY CERTIFICATE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY PUPILS, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SECONDARY STUDENTS, SMALL SCHOOLS, SMALLER NUMBER, STATE EDUCATION, STUDENT BODY, STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO, STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS, SUBJECTS, SYSTEMIC SCHOOL REFORM, TARGET SCHOOLS, TEACHER, TEACHER RECRUITMENT, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING MATERIALS, TEACHING RESOURCES, TEACHING STAFF, TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, TEST SCORES, TEXTBOOK, TEXTBOOK PROVISION, TEXTBOOKS, TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, TRAINING PROGRAMME, TRAINING PROGRAMMES, TRAINING SCHOOLS, TYPES OF SCHOOLS, UNEQUAL ACCESS, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY GRADUATES, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/19629909/expanding-opportunities-south-african-youth-through-math-science-impact-dinaledi-program https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19009
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