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Title: An Analysis of the Learning Performance Gap between Urban and Rural Areas in Subsaharan Africa
Language: English
Authors: Sumida, Sugata (ORCID 0000-0002-1628-6387), Kawata, Keisuke (ORCID 0000-0002-2761-9255)
Source: South African Journal of Education. May 2021 41(2).
Availability: Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2021
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Grade 6
Intermediate Grades
Middle Schools
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Reading Achievement, Rural Urban Differences, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Family Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Performance Factors, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
ISSN: 0256-0100
Abstract: The learning gap between urban and rural areas is a persistent problem in many sub-Saharan African countries. Previous studies have found that the urban-rural learning gap is attributed to the fact that student characteristics and school resources are different in urban and rural areas. Our study updates this finding by using the latest dataset and further examines the changes in the attributed sources over time. Using 15 educational systems in sub-Saharan Africa, we examined 4 potential sources of the gap: student, family, teacher, and school characteristics. Our results reveal that the urban-rural learning gap in recent years is attributed mostly to differences in school and family characteristics. We also found that the attribution remains the same over time from 2004 to 2011 and that the attribution to family characteristics' differences became slightly greater than the one to school characteristics' differences.
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Accession Number: EJ1304223
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