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2. Education Sector Reform: The Ugandan Experience

Author

Penny, Alan, Ward, Michael, Read, Tony, and Bines, Hazel

Abstract

In 1998 the Government of Uganda (GoU) began implementing an ambitious reform programme called the Education Strategic Investment Plan (ESIP) in order to effect Universal Primary Education (UPE). This paper offers a perspective on how the GoU has met the challenge of financing education reform, addressed the need to improve the quality of basic education and increased access and equity while improving efficiency at primary and post-primary levels of education. The development model described in this paper privileges good governance and donor co-operation within a Sector Wide Approach. Important lessons have been learned in Uganda including the need for political commitment to universal primary education within a clear conception of whole sector reform. However, the discourse of SWAPs tends to function primarily in the formal sphere and not at the level of the experience of most teachers, pupils and their families, yet it is at this level that national education policies have to be mediated in practice. More attention needs to be given in education sector reform to the processes as well as the context of change.

Published
2008
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19. Treatment outcomes stratified by baseline immunological status among young children receiving nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings

Author

O'Brien, Daniel P., Sauvageot, Delphine, Olson, David, Schaeffer, Myrto, Humblet, Pierre, Pudjades, Mar, Ellman, Tom, Zachariah, Rony, Szumilin, Elisabeth, Arnould, Line, and Read, Tony

Subjects
Drug therapy -- Patient outcomes, Highly active antiretroviral therapy -- Dosage and administration, HIV infection in children -- Care and treatment, HIV infection in children -- Patient outcomes, HIV infection in children -- Research, Immunosuppression -- Research, Health, Health care industry
Published
2007

21. Where Have All the Textbooks Gone?: Toward Sustainable Provision of Teaching and Learning Materials in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author

Read, Tony

Subjects
ICT in schools, teaching and learning materials, school TLM management, TLM financing, book life calculations, publishing, TLM policies, curricula, classroom usage, language-of-Instruction
Abstract

This World Bank report is a rich compilation of information on teaching and learning materials (TLM) in Africa based on the extensive and multi-faceted experience of the author's work in the education sector in Africa. The study examines a wide range of issues around TLM provision including curriculum, literacy and numeracy, language of instruction policy, procurement and distribution challenges, TLM development and production and their availability, management and usage in schools. It also looks at the role of information and communication technology (ICT) based TLMs and their availability. The study recognizes that improved TLM system management is a critical component in achieving affordable and sustainable TLM provision for all students. This study, which draws from more than 40 Anglophone, Francophone, Lusophone, and Arabic-speaking countries will be particularly useful for policymakers, development partners, and other stakeholders attempting to understand the wide range of issues surrounding the complexity of textbook provision in Sub Saharan Africa.

Published
2015

32. Position reference, drive units, DP operators cited in FPSO, FSU accident study

Author

Read, Tony

Subjects
Workplace accidents -- Research, Petroleum industry -- Accidents, Tankers -- Accidents, Offshore support vessels -- Accidents, Business, Petroleum, energy and mining industries
Abstract

27 vessels, 8,000 operations studied Data on dynamic positioning (DP) failure events on diving support vessels, pipelayers, and construction barges has been collected over a 20-year period by the International [...]

Published
1999

36. My annuity was slashed by half overnight.

Author

Read Tony

Abstract

G.P. writes: After saving towards a pension for over 30 years with Zurich, I reached 60. I had been told that my pension plan was worth £42,569, giving me just over £10,000 in tax-free cash and an annuity of £1,778 a year. I thought the £10,000 was great. Zurich recommended Prudential for the annuity and I agreed. I then received a letter showing that while my plan value had risen to £47,338 and the tax-free sum to £11,834, the annuity was only £889. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2010

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