Government spending and school enrolment in sub-Saharan Africa: A system GMM approach

Oseni, Isiaq Olasunkanmi; Babalola, D. A.; Akinbode, S. O.; Adegboyega, Soliu Bidemi; Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria; Tech, I; Abeokuta, Nigeria

doi:10.22367/jem.2020.40.05

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“…External debt is negatively related to enrolment and completion rates as debt servicing obligations often divert scarce resources away from productive activities such as education (Fosu 2010). However, good governance has a positive impact on education, which is expected and confirms existing findings by Oseni et al (2020). Official development assistance was not significantly different from zero, implying the misuse or misappropriation of aid found by Williamson (2010).…”

Section: Robustness Analysis To Alternative Techniques and Variable A...supporting

confidence: 72%

The Relationship Between Sexual Violence and Girl-Child Primary School Education in Developing Countries

Okafor¹,

Piesse²

2022

The Journal of Developing Areas

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All children have the right to quality education that respects their human dignity and their right to be protected from violence and abuse. However, in some developing countries this is not the case. According to the latest data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), sexual violence in developing countries over the past 15 years rose by over 370%. Sexual violence on girls results in physical and psychological harm including long-lasting suffering. In this study, our interest mainly lies in the social impact sexual violence is likely to cause to the victims. This includes, but not limited to, rejection by family and community, exclusion from economic engagement, isolation, and the likelihood of further violence. All things being equal, all of the these will affect the demand for schooling and the desire to acquire formal education. Therefore, the contribution of this study is to quantify the impact of sexual violence on girl-child education in a broad range of developing countries. To achieve this, we used country-level data from 72 developing countries between 2003-2017. The pooled OLS and fixed effects techniques were then used in estimating the impact of sexual violence on different measures of girl-child education. The results of the estimations showed a negative relationship between sexual violence and the different measures of the girl-child education. For example, using the fixed effects results, an increase in sexual violence by one standard deviation from the sample mean, will reduce girls' enrolment rate and completion rate by 2.385% and 3.150% points, respectively. The results provide an interesting dimension to what is already known of the girl-child education and can aid policymakers in their interventions in improving educational outcomes for girls. With respect to policy implications from the findings, countries must formulate adequate responses to protect their young citizens from the cruelty of sexual abuse. In addition, effective support mechanisms for victims of sexual violence should be facilitated and sustained in developing countries. This will help in ameliorating some of the negative impact of their violent experiences and help to prepare them to re-enter society and return to education.

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Section: Robustness Analysis To Alternative Techniques and Variable A...supporting

confidence: 72%

The Relationship Between Sexual Violence and Girl-Child Primary School Education in Developing Countries

Okafor¹,

Piesse²

2022

The Journal of Developing Areas

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“…Aside establishing this fact, further evaluation has been offered in the literature which indicates that education finance plays important role in completion rate and in income generation for those with higher rate of schooling (see Refs. [ [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] ]). Additional fact was provided by Ref.…”

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confidence: 99%

Higher education finance and success rate in US states: An insight from state-level data

Ogunniran,

Hammed,

Mahmoud

2024

Heliyon

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“…Thus, the rationale for a student to enrol in the free education system changes profoundly depending on whether one looks at a school from the outside or examines it in depth inside. Consequently, recent reports have claimed that a large number of schools have been built to facilitate the enrollment of primary-age children (Majhi & Mallick, 2019) and that some of the interventions in promoting primary education have involved increasing the availability of teachers (Birdsall et al, 2005;Guimbert et al, 2008;Haugen et al, 2014;Lloyd et al, 2005;Oseni et al, 2020), access to free education (Kuno et al, 2021;Takahashi, 2011), and school infrastructure (Devi & Devi, 2014;Fatima & Fatima, 2017;Jordanova et al, 2015;Majhi & Mallick, 2019). However, an emerging body of evidence has suggested that in most countries' school systems, qualified and experienced teachers are abundant in schools with favourable school facilities and teaching environments (Hanushek 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

Understanding school enrollment in the free education era: Roadblocks to meeting the sustainability development goal

Gao,

Khalid,

Tadesse

2023

Euro J of Education

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For decades, Pakistan's government has continuously provided its citizens with accessible, universal, basic education; however, these efforts have not yielded any gains for the citizens. Consequently, Pakistan has a lower literacy rate, one of the lowest in South Asia and the rest of the world. Although such a substantial issue is daunting and weakens the country's educational system, there needs to be more evidence that proposes potential implications or interventions in identifying the most important in‐school factors of primary school enrollment in Pakistan. Therefore, the present study derived a literature review‐driven hypothesis and administered a rigour analysis using the 2018 school census from the Punjab government education commission, showing detailed information on 24,305 public primary schools. The finding of this study asserts that the medium of instruction has shown a considerable impact on primary school enrollment and the availability of qualified teachers. Single‐sex schools, WASH facilities, and the security of schools have significant and diverse effects in determining student enrollment, which leads to forwarding possible implications to scholars, educators, and policymakers.

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Government spending and school enrolment in sub-Saharan Africa: A system GMM approach

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

The Relationship Between Sexual Violence and Girl-Child Primary School Education in Developing Countries

The Relationship Between Sexual Violence and Girl-Child Primary School Education in Developing Countries

Higher education finance and success rate in US states: An insight from state-level data

Understanding school enrollment in the free education era: Roadblocks to meeting the sustainability development goal

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