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An investigation into the relationship between educational inputs and achievement at the basic education level in the South Western
Educational Division in Malawi
By
Demis Kunje
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Presentation
• Background• The problem• Research questions• Significance of the study• Limitations• Theoretical framework• Literature review• Methods• Pilot• Main study• Sample• Instruments• Procedure• Analysis
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Background
• Free primary education in 1997• Enrolments soared 1.2 to 3m• A success story• Educational system under stress• infrastructure• teachers• books• facilities and teaching and learning materials
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Considerable efforts
• Recruited 22,000 teachers –GTZ
• Built more school blocks – DfID,WB, EU, ADB
• Bought more textbooks – CIDA
• Trained PEAs – DfID
• Constructed TDCs DfID, WB
• Developed DEP –DfID, JICA
• Implemented DEP- JICA
• All were busy trying to support the FPE
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A decade later
• Pop: 11,937,934• Pop growth: 3.32%• Pop of 6 – 13yr:
21.3%• GER: 126%• NER: 33.1%• Adult Lit: 60.9%• RuralAL: 58.7%
• T/P 1:83• Classroom/p 1:106• Trained teachers: 85%• Completion rate: 30%• Drop out rate: 15%• Attendance: 88%• Age range: 6 –13yr vs 4-
18+yrs• Std 5: 10 yrs vs 8 –18+ yrs• Std 7: 12yrs vs 9 –18+yrs
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The problem
• The provision of educational inputs in an effort to improve quality especially achievement is uncoordinated,
• In trickles• Not prioritised• Not holistic• Unsustainable• Pupil achievement has remained low
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Research questions
• 1 What are the relationships between school level, classroom level and pupil level factors and achievement in mathematics, Chichewa and English in std 5 and std7?
• 2 What combinations of school, classroom and pupil factors are associated with achievement in mathematics, Chichewa and English?
• 3 How are the resources in schools utilised to improve achievement in basic education?
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Significance of the study
• Understand relationships that exist between resources and achievement
• Some idea of minimum levels of resourcing schools for optimum achievements
• Pupil characteristics which influence achievement• Provide a predictive model of resources, pupil
characteristics and achievement• Salient features of school ethos which matter in
improving efficiency• The study complements efforts to identify effective
schools in consonance with EFA goals
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EFA goals
• Creating a conducive learning environment
• Promoting higher achievement levels
• Improving the availability of teaching and learning materials
• Promoting effective monitoring and evaluation of education quality
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Limitation of the study
• Complex nature of cause effect studies
• Many factors at work
• Only considering basic factors
• Studying ethos require adequate time to cover a school year
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School a critical entity
• School climate• Enabling conditions • Teaching and learning
process
• Outcomes• Participation• Academic
achievement• Social skills• Economic skills
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Schooling influenced by
Supporting Inputs
Pupil characteristics
Context
Parents and community
International
System support Cultural
Material support Political
economic
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Literature Review
• Inspired by effective schools research in the 1980s• Ifelunni(1990) studied correlates of academic
achievements• Pennycuick(1997) summarised results from effective
schools research• Cautious with results – easily reach spurious conclusions• Multi level analysis offers a more acceptable approach• Malawi’s problem very basic• Overwhelming evidence that achievement levels are low.
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Literature
• SACMEQ performing below minimum desirable levels of reading and mathematical skills
• MIE categorically showed only 10% are ready to move on to the next class
• Evoked need to investigate what contributes to learner achievement
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Method
• Piloting
• Main study
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Pilot
• Main aim: Pilot instruments and collect characteristics of schools for sampling
• Sample: 1 urban school and 4 rural schools - Std 5and std 7 - Std 5 persevered so far and moving on to senior
classes needing sound background - Std 7 about to complete primary need to know what
they have as they graduate • Instruments: Tests in maths, English and Chichewa - school profile: enrolments, staffing, availability of
textbooks, infrastructure, facilities and NGO support
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procedure
• Std 5 and std 7 teachers designed tests to cover curriculum
• Checked by PEAs• Verified by researchers• Researchers designed school profile• Administered tests• Marked• Item analysis• Produced final tests and school profile as well as pupil
background questionnaire
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Results of pilot
• Std 5 girls did better than boys in mathematics and English
• Girls in urban school were worse than girls in rural in Chichewa
• Std 7 urban schools scored much higher than rural schools in all areas except Chichewa composition
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Sample frame: SWED 70u:544r
Location T/p ratio No. of schools
Urban Low= 20-49 4
Urban Medium=50-70 4
Urban High=71-345 4
Rural Low=20=49 17
Rural Medium=50-70 29
Rural High=71-345 42
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Pupils and instruments
• Random sample of 30pupils in std 5 in 100 schools
• 3000 std 5 pupils• Random sample of 30
pupils in std 7• 3000 std 7 pupils• Boys and girls
selected separately
• Instruments• Maths: multiple choice• Chichewa and English
std 7: composition and multiple choice
• School profile• Pupil background
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Procedure
• 5 teams I researcher and 1 res. Asst
• 20 schools in 10 days
• Teachers to assist invigilation
• Invigilators to assist pupil background
• Head teacher to fill school profile
• Teachers marked tests
• Code school and pupil profiles
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Challenges
• Some schools not accessible and changed T/P criterion
• Many absentees - difficult to identify pupils and spent considerable time
• Test conditions uncomfortable
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Coding school profile
Low Medium High
code 1 2 3
Teacher/p 1:20 – 1:49 1:50 – 1:70 1:71–1:345
Classrm/p 1:15 – 1:49 1:50 – 1:70 1:71–1:345
Desk/p 1:1 – 1: 3 1:4 –1:10 None
Mathstext/p 1:1 – 1:5 1:6 – 1:10 1:11 -
Engtext/p 1:1 – 1:5 1:6 – 1:10 1:11 -
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Coding pupil profile
Standard age code age Code
5 - 12 1 13 - 2
7 - 14 1 15 - 2
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Sex: Male = 1 female = 2
SES Low Medium High
Code 1 2 3
Roofing
Floor
Water
Toilet
Lighting
Hh effects
Books
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Parents’ education
Level low Medium High
Code 1 2 3
Moth Ed Std 8 JC, MSCE Above
Fath Ed Std8 JC, MSCE Above
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Variability
location Teach/p maths Eng Chich
Urban Low
Urban Medium
Urban High
Rural Low
Rural Medium
Rural High
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Textbooks
location Mathstext/p Maths mean scores
Urban Low
Urban Medium
Urban High
Rural Low
Rural Medium
Rural High
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Correlations: Pupil characteristics
maths Eng Chich
Male
Female
LowSES
MediumSES
HighSES
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Hierarchical multi level modeling
• How much of the variability in attainment is attributable to differences between schools and between students?
• Can we find factors at the student and school levels which account for the variability at each level?
• Allows us to determine the relative impact of each level of the hierarchy and to identify the factors at each level that are associated with that level’s impact
• How much these two analyses support each other
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End of Phase one
Phase two: Qualitative analysis of a sample of schools with high
achievement rates