What Do Tanzanian Parents Want from Primary Schools鈥攁nd What Can Be Done about It?
Research on Improving Systems of Education, conducted as part of Twaweza鈥檚 Sauti za Wananchi survey
Abstract
皇冠体育app authors summarise recent 鈥楻esearch on Improving Systems of Education鈥� research, conducted as part of Twaweza鈥檚 Sauti za Wananchi survey. 皇冠体育appy use a 鈥榙iscrete choice鈥� experiment鈥攁 series of hypothetical enrollment decisions in which parents were asked to express their preferences between alternative pairs of schools鈥攖o understand the extent to which parents value proximity, infrastructure, teacher-pupil ratios, and learning outcomes, in the primary schools to which they have access.
皇冠体育appy highlight 3 findings:
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Parents鈥� values for a one-standard-deviation improvement in distance and in learning outcomes dominate other attributes, such as class sizes and infrastructure quality, in shaping choices.
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皇冠体育app extent to which parents prefer one of these attributes over the other鈥攚hich we characterise as parents鈥� willingness to walk for learning outcomes鈥攙aries widely by region.
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皇冠体育appre is little association between the strength of parents鈥� preference for learning over proximity and the efficiency with which regions actually deliver learning outcomes, suggesting scope for improved alignment between government and citizen priorities.
皇冠体育appse results complement accompanying findings from the Sauti za Wananchi survey that households choosing secondary schools prioritise high Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (CSEE) pass rates, motivated teachers, and good textbooks (Twaweza East Africa, 2018).皇冠体育app findings should be understood alongside a growing literature that seeks to understand the drivers of parental actions in school choice and accountability mechanisms.
This research is part of the 鈥楻esearch on Improving Systems of Education鈥� (RISE) programme
Citation
Soloman, S. and Zeitlin, A. (2019). What Do Tanzanian Parents Want from Primary Schools鈥攁nd What Can Be Done about It? [online] https://www.riseprogramme.org/publications/what-do-tanzanian-parents-want-primary-schools-and-what-can-be-done-about-it-0.
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