Overcoming inequality has become one of the most important goals of teacher education and educational reforms in general in China. Since the economic benefits of development have been realized more in urban areas than in rural areas, the Chinese government has spent the last decade introducing social and educational reforms in cities and rural area...

This is a working paper focusing on the challenges that Tanzanian teachers face in rural primary and pre-primary schools. The paper provides background on rural development in Tanzania as well as an overview of education in the country including the issue of language of instruction. This working paper provides observations and reflections from firs...

This paper describes the Zones d’Education Prioritaire (ZEP) / Priority Education Zones project as being an important government initiative to structure efforts to bring more resources to those primary schools which are found in the deprived regions of the country. The project goal is to increase the pass rate of underachieving pupils in ZEP school...

Both developed and developing countries are well aware of the quality crisis within education and its development consequences. Poor education quality, therefore, is detrimental to poverty reduction efforts, social equity and inclusion, social coherence and political stability. It stands in the way of attaining poverty reduction related to the Mill...