PôleMAG

PôleMAG is the Pôle de Dakar’s education sector analysis newsletter. The biannual issues inform you of the latest African education sector news and of the IIEP-Pôle de Dakar’s most recent activities.

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Enhancing Education Quality Management

Editorial: Fulfilling the promise of a quality education
Expert voice: Quality: Sparking a change in attitudes
Zoom: An approach to analysing quality management
Feature: Enhancing Education Quality Management
Interview: Bakingué Zara Gaoh, Director of Initial and Continuous Training at the Ministry of Primary Education, Literacy, Promotion of National Languages, And Civic Education in Niger

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Financing Education

Editorial: Securing financing for education
Expert voice: Vocational training: Promoting private sector participation
Zoom: Public-private partnerships: A driving force for vocational training
Feature: Financing Education in Africa
Interview: Serigne Mbaye Thiam, Education Minister of Senegal

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PôleMag n°27

Editorial: Mitigate risks and increase resilience
Expert voice: Building resilient education systems
Zoom: A methodology dedicated to risks integrated into the analyses of the education sector
Feature: Creating the humanitarian-development nexus through crisis-sensitive educational planning
Interview: Esther Akumu, Director, Department of International Relations, Mogei South Sudan
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PôleMag n°26

Editorial: Vocational training to promote employment
Expert voice: Helping education systems promote employment
Zoom: Compilation of the main indicators for analysis of the relationship between education/training and employment
Feature: Revising vocational training in Africa
Interview: Mohamed Koum Dieng/Technical Advisor to the Minister of Employment, Vocational Training
and ICT in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
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PôleMag n°25

Editorial: A practical approach to capacities 
Expert Voice: Analysis for the definition of true priorities
Zoom: Côte d'Ivoire education country status report
Feature: Developing the capacities of African education systems
Interview: Laurent Dihoulné, Secretary General of the Ministry of National Education of Chad
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PôleMag n°24

Editorial: Allocation at the centre of a global teacher policy
Expert Voice: For a better approach to education financing
Zoom: Methodological guide on national education accounts
Feature: More effective teacher allocation in Africa
Interview: Ibrahima Kourouma, Guinean Minister of Pre-University Education and Literacy
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Older Collection

PôleMag n°23 News: - Launch of the Platform for Expertise in Vocational Training (Pefop) - Improve data on education funding in Zimbabwe - Early childhood development in West and Central Africa Focus: - Trade-offs in education policy Interview: - Three questions for Oscar Bazikamwe, Director of Planning at the Burundi Ministry of Education Download

PôleMag n°22 News: - The education system of the DRC displays strong resilience and retains the confidence of households - Pôle de Dakar’s intervention at the International Centre for Pedagogical Studies - First evaluation of pupils’ learning assessment in Guinea Bissau Focus: - Education Sector Analysis Methodological Guidelines Interview: - 3 questions for Michel Faye, Director of Vocational and Technical Education of Senegal Download

	PôleMag n°21 News: - Burkina Faso and Cape Verde participate largely in PSGSE - The trial of a diagnostic tool “Education-Training-Employment” in Burkina Faso - Togo is the first African country to carry out supplementary analyses of its education system Focus: - Measuring educational financing Interview: - Three questions for Khalil Mahshi Director IIEP Download
	PôleMag n°20 News: - Our new range of services - A new indicators database - Training in Sector Policy and Education System Management (PSGSE) is becoming useful for Senegal's Ministry of Education Focus: - Cape Verde moves toward universal coverage of pre-school education by 2016 - Joint interview Download
	PôleMag n°19  News: - Household spending on education, 15 African countries under analysis - Education system management, training groups at end 2012 - The Comoros, progress required Focus: - What future for the Sao Tome and Principe education system? - 3 questions to Olinto DAIO, Minister of Education of Sao Tome et Principe Download
	PôleMag n°18 News: - The ADEA 2012 Triennale: Presentation of a Financial Simulation Model for TVET and Apprenticeships - The External Evaluation of the Pôle de Dakar: Orientations for the 2013/2016 Strategy - Progress in Tanzania’s Education System and Challenges Faced Focus - Benin: A Diagnosis of Teaching Issues - Interview of Mohamed Aboubakari and Raoufou Affagnon Download
	PôleMag n°17 News - The Gambia Wants to Confirm Progress - Pôle de Dakar, a Platform of Expertise and Capacity Building - PSGSE Training: Three Years and Two Classes Later Focus - Cape Verde: On the Way Towards a Ten-Years Universal Education - Interview of Mr. Brito, Director-General of the Cape Verde Ministry of Education Download
	PôleMag n°16 News - The Gambia Moves on to Sector Analysis - Launch of First Review of the Teacher Issue - Senegal and Cameroon Set Quality Targets Focus - What do Teachers Know about EFA? - Interview with Abdou Diao, Head of the Elementary Education Department in Senegal Download
	Pôle Mag n°15 News - UNESCO Unveils its Action Plan for Teachers - The Pôle de Dakar Extends its Scope of Activity - Support for Upcoming Projects in Mali Focus - How much do African Families Spend on Education? - A Reply from Civil Society: Interview of Gorgui Sow, from ANCEFA Download
	Pôle Mag n°14 News - Côte d'Ivoire - Well on Track to Rebuilding its Education System - Launch of a New Type of Partnership in Tanzania - PSGSE: The Challenge of Hybrid Distance Learning Focus - Universal Primary Education in Africa: The Teacher Challenge - Under Construction: A New Tool to Review the Teacher Issue Download