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2024 Spotlight on basic education completion and foundational learning in Africa

Learning Counts

The 2024 Spotlight continental report responds to the AU’s priority on effective strategies for foundational numeracy skills. It is the second in the Spotlight Born to Learn Series, the first of which was launched in October 2022 along with four country reports covering the , , , and .

The 2024 Spotlight edition will examine how countries align their national vision with curriculum development, textbook provision, teacher support, and assessment practices to advance foundational numeracy. The 2024 focus countries are Niger, Mauritania, , and Zambia

The Spotlight series is a partnership between the Global Education Monitoring Report, the  (ADEA), hosted by the African Development Bank and the .

The Spotlight Reports aim to present good practices so as to improve foundational learning and offers recommendations on key actions to support policy dialogue through established African Union peer learning mechanisms.

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Spotlight on basic education completion and foundational learning: South Africa
GEM Report, ADEA, Department of Basic Education
2024
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Spotlight series on universal basic completion and foundational learning: Uganda
GEM Report, ADEA
2024
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Spotlight on basic education completion and foundational learning: Zambia
GEM Report, ADEA
2024
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Spotlight on basic education completion and foundational learning: Mauritania
Global Education Monitoring Report Team
Association for the Development of Education in Africa
2024

(French version)

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Education finance watch: special edition for the African Union Year of Education 2024
Global Education Monitoring Report Team
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
World Bank
2024
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SDG 4 scorecard progress report on national benchmarks in Africa
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Global Education Monitoring Report Team
2024
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