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Questionnaires
SACMEQ-III Combined Questionnaires
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Language English
Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Reports
Trends in Achievement Levels of Grade 6 Pupils in Botswana
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Date 2011-06-01
Country Botswana
Language English
Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Progress in Gender Equality in Education : Botswana
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Date 2011-09-01
Country Botswana
Language English
Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Pupil and Teacher Knowledge about HIV and AIDS in Botswana
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Date 2011-04-01
Country Botswana
Language English
Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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The SACMEQ-III Project in Botswana: A Study of the Conditions of Schooling and the Quality of Education
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Author(s) Boikhutso Monyaku, Botswana Ministry of Education and Skills Development, Division of Planning Statistics and Research Email: bmonyaku@yahoo.com Onkabetse A. Mmereki, Botswana Ministry of Education and Skills Development, Division of Planning Statistics
Country Botswana
Language English
Table of contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................. viii
SACMEQ Projects Coverage in Botswana ................................................................................ viii
Chapter 1 Setting the Scene ...................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Background information on Botswana.................................................................................. 1
1.3 Background information on the education system of Botswana....................................... 2
1.4 The organization of the school system................................................................................. 2
1.5 The administration of the education system ........................................................................ 5
1.6 Financing of education ............................................................................................................ 6
1.7 National policy on education and educational progress .................................................... 6
1.8 Main education policy issues on pre-primary and primary education.............................. 8
1.9 Government’s response to the policy concerns ................................................................ 10
1.10 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 12
Chapter 2 The Conduct of the Study....................................................................................... 13
2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 13
2.2 Population and sampling ...................................................................................................... 14
2.3 Training of trainers and data collectors .............................................................................. 16
2.4 Data collection........................................................................................................................ 17
2.5 Data entry................................................................................................................................ 18
2.6 Data cleaning by stages........................................................................................................ 19
2.7 Data analysis .......................................................................................................................... 19
2.8 Expenditure............................................................................................................................. 19
2.9 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 20
Chapter 3 Characteristics of Pupils, their Homes and Learning Environments................. 21
3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 21
3.2 Interpretation of the results................................................................................................... 21
3.3 Age and gender distribution of pupils ................................................................................. 22
3.4 Home characteristics of pupils ............................................................................................. 24
3.5 Pupils and their learning environment ................................................................................ 29
3.6 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 37
Chapter 4 Characteristics of Teachers, their Views on Classroom Resources
and Professional Support........................................................................................ 39
4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 39
4.2 Personal characteristics of Standard 6 teachers .............................................................. 39
4.3 Professional characteristics of Standard 6 teachers ........................................................ 42
Chapter 5 Characteristics of School Heads and their Views on Education
Infrastructure, Organisation, Operation of Schools and Problems..................... 47
5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 47
5.2 Personal characteristics of school heads........................................................................... 48
5.3 Professional characteristics of school heads..................................................................... 50
5.4 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 53
Chapter 6 Provision of School Resources ............................................................................. 55
6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 55
6.2 Provision of school resources by region............................................................................. 56
Chapter 7 Reading and Mathematics Achievement and HIV and AIDS Knowledge
Levels of Pupils and their Teachers ....................................................................... 59
7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 59
7.2 Pupil reading scores .............................................................................................................. 59
7.3 Teacher reading scores ........................................................................................................ 62
7.4 Pupils reaching various reading competency levels......................................................... 63
7.5 Teachers reaching various reading competency levels................................................... 64
7.6 Pupil mathematics scores..................................................................................................... 65
7.7 Pupils reaching various mathematics competency levels ............................................... 67
7.8 Teacher mathematics scores............................................................................................... 68
7.9 Teachers reaching acceptable mathematics competency levels ................................... 69
7.10 Pupil and teacher HIV and AIDS Knowledge levels ......................................................... 71
7.11 Attitudes about HIV and AIDS.............................................................................................. 76
7.12 Risk perception about HIV and AIDS.................................................................................. 80
7.13 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 81
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Policy Brief: Quality of Primary School Inputs in Botswana
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Author(s) SACMEQ
Date 2011-10-01
Country Botswana
Language English
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Technical documents
Sample Schools Botswana
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Manual for National Research Coordinators
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Date 2007-09-01
Country Botswana
Language English
Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
Table of contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 5
1. Scheduling and Overview of Main Activities .............................................................. 7
2. Sampling Plan ................................................................................................................. 15
3. Codes for Country, Provinces/Regions, Districts, and Schools ............................... 19
4. Contacting Regional Offices, Schools and Unions .................................................... 21
5. Checking Receipt of Documents and Instruments .................................................... 25
6. Translation of Instruments and Data Collectors' Manual ........................................ 29
7. Printing of Instruments and Other Materials ............................................................ 31
8. Purchase of Materials .................................................................................................... 35
9. Selecting Data Collectors and Planning the Logistics ............................................... 37
10. Establishing Minimum and Desirable Levels of Achievement ............................... 41
11. Packaging/Dispatch of Materials to Venues for Training of Data Collectors ....... 43
12. Training of Data Collectors ........................................................................................... 47
13. Return of Instruments and Materials .......................................................................... 59
14. Editing of Instruments Before Data Entry .................................................................. 61
15. Data Entry and Initial Cleaning ................................................................................... 63
16. Return of Data and Documentation to the SCC/IIEP ............................................... 65
Appendix 1 "What is the SACMEQ III Project?" ............................................................. 67
Appendix 2 School Form ..................................................................................................... 69
Appendix 3 Model Letter to School Heads ....................................................................... 69
Appendix 4 Pupil Name Form ............................................................................................ 75
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Manual for Data Collectors
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Date 2007-09-01
Language English
Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Manual for Improving Data Quality
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Date 2007-09-01
Language English
Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
Description This document has been prepared in order to provide you with some tips and guidance for achieving high quality data sets for SACMEQ III.
The contents have been divided into four parts: (i) during data collection, (ii) before data entry, (iii) during data entry, and (iv) after data entry.
The National Research Coordinators (NRCs) should read all of this material, make several copies, and then distribute different sections of the document to the relevant people.
Table of contents Introduction 5
Section 1: Special Instructions on Data Quality Check during Data Collection 7
Section 2: Special Instructions on Data Editing before Data Entry 17
Section 3: Special Coding Instructions during Data Entry 33
Section 4: Special Instructions on Data Verification after Data Entry 41
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Often Used Variables on SACMEQ-III Archive
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Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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SACMEQ-III Imputation Rules
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Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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SACMEQ-III Codebook
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Other Materials
SACMEQ-III Project Results: Pupil Achievement Levels in Reading and Mathematics
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Author(s) Njora Hungi Demus Makuwa Kenneth Ross Mioko Saito Stéphanie Dolata Frank van Cappelle Laura Paviot Jocelyne Vellien
Date 2010-01-01
Language English
Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
Description This document is divided into two main parts. The first part presents (a) a brief discussion of the sampling procedures employed in SACMEQ Projects, (b) the generation of SACMEQ pupil test scores, (c) description of the reading and mathematics competency levels, and (d) descriptions of the measures of school location and socioeconomic status (SES) of pupils.

The second part of this document presents tabulations of Grade 6 pupil achievement levels for reading and mathematics. The achievement levels have been presented in separate tables as follows: (a) reading achievement levels by country and regions within countries, (b) reading achievement levels by subgroups (sex, school location and SES), (c) mathematics achievement levels by country and regions within countries, and (d) mathematics achievement levels by subgroups (sex, school location and SES).
Table of contents Introduction.......................................................................................... 1
Sampling Procedures ............................................................................... 3
Generating Pupil Scores.............................................................................5
Generating Competency Levels....................................................................5
Measure of School Location .......................................................................10
Measure of Socioeconomic Status................................................................10
About the Tabulations ............................................................................ 11
References..........................................................................................11

Tabulations
Reading achievement levels by country and regions within countries..................... 12-14
Reading achievement levels by subgroups(sex, school locations and SES) ............. 15-17
Mathematics achievement levels by country and regions within countries................18-20
Mathematics achievement levels by subgroups(sex, school locations and SES)......... 21-23
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SACMEQ-III Project Results: Levels and Trends in School Resources among SACMEQ School Systems
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subtitle Working Document Number 2
Author(s) Njora Hungi Demus Makuwa Kenneth Ross Mioko Saito Stéphanie Dolata Frank van Cappelle Laura Paviot Jocelyne Vellien
Date 2011-01-01
Language English
Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
Table of contents Part A: Level and Trends in Resources Allocation to Schools by School System
Essential Classroom Resources.......................................................................... 9 – 10
Desirable Physical Resources ............................................................................. 11 – 12
Desirable Human Resources............................................................................... 13 – 14
Part B: Level and Trends in Resources Allocation to Schools by Region
Essential Classroom Resources.......................................................................... 16 – 28
Desirable Physical Resources ............................................................................. 29 – 41
Desirable Human Resources............................................................................... 42 – 54
Appendix 1: Source of School Resources Variables ....................................................................... 55

List of Tables
Table 1: Context Information for School Systems.................................................................................. iv
Table 2: Number of School Heads, Teachers, and Pupils involved in the SACMEQ Projects............... iv
Table 3: Essential Classroom Resources by School Systems .................................................................. 8
Table 4: Desirable Physical Resources by School Systems ................................................................... 10
Table 5: Desirable Human Resources by School Systems..................................................................... 12
Table 6: Essential Classroom Resources by Regions............................................................................. 16
Table 7: Desirable Physical Resources by Regions ............................................................................... 29
Table 8: Desirable Human Resources by Regions ................................................................................. 42
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Working Papers
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01_pupils_final_24nov2011.pdf
02_teachers_final_05dec2011.pdf
03_schheads_final_24nov2011.pdf
04._manual_for_improving_data_quality.pdf
04_gender_final_21-02b.pdf
07_multivariate_final.pdf
08_comparison_final_18oct2011.pdf
SACMEQ Policy Issue Series
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008-sacmeqpolicyissuesseries-schoolmngpositions.pdf
007-sacmeqpolicyissuesseries-extralessons.pdf
005-sacmeqpolicyissuesseries-graderepetition.pdf
006-sacmeqpolicyissuesseries-textbooksprovision.pdf
004-sacmeqpolicyissuesseries-genderdifferences.pdf
003-sacmeqpolicyissuesseries-hiv_aidsknowledgetests.pdf
002-sacmeqpolicyissuesseries-pupilachievement.pdf
SACMEQ Assembly of Ministers IIEP 2011
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Author(s) Irina Bokova Director-General UNESCO
Date 2011-10-23
Language English
Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
Description Address by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the SACMEQ Assembly of Ministers IIEP, Paris, 23 October 2011
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Data Cleaning Syntaxes
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01_Within PBK_XXX_S3_Final_01Nov2007.SPS
02_Within TBK_XXX_S3_Final_01Nov2007.SPS
03_Within SHBK_XXX_S3_Final_01Nov2007.SPS
04_Within SF_XXX_S3_Final_01Nov2007.SPS
06_Within SIBK_XXX_S3_Final_01Nov2007.SPS
01_Between PBK&PNF_XXX_S3_Final_02Nov2007.SPS
02_Between PBK&SHBK_XXX_S3_Final_02Nov2007.SPS
03_Between PBK&SIBK_XXX_S3_Final_02Nov2007.SPS
04_Between PBK&TBK_XXX_S3_Final_02Nov2007.SPS
05_Between TBK&SF_XXX_S3_Final_02Nov2007.SPS
06_Between TBK&SIBK_XXX_S3_Final_02Nov2007.SPS
07_Between TBK&SHBK_XXX_S3_Final_02Nov2007.SPS
08_Between SIBK&SF_XXX_S3_Final_02Nov2007.SPS
09_Between SHBK&SIBK_XXX_S3_Final_02Nov2007.SPS
Data Processing Syntaxes
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compile SACMEQ.sps
Derived Back Individual.sps
IMPUTATION PBK01_zpagemon.SPS
IMPUTATION PBK02_zpsex.SPS
IMPUTATION PBK12.SPS
IMPUTATION PBK14_17.SPS
IMPUTATION PBK15_16.SPS
IMPUTATION PBK18.SPS
IMPUTATION PBK19.SPS
IMPUTATION PBK20.SPS
IMPUTATION PBK21_22_pfabsent.SPS
IMPUTATION PBK23_24.SPS
IMPUTATION SHBK04.SPS
IMPUTATION TBK01_IDTSEX.SPS
merge_BOT.SPS
merge_KEN.SPS
merge_LES.SPS
merge_MAL.SPS
merge_MAU.SPS
merge_MOZ.SPS
merge_NAM.SPS
merge_SEY.SPS
merge_SOU.SPS
merge_SWA.SPS
merge_TAN.SPS
merge_UGA.SPS
merge_ZAM.SPS
merge_ZAN.SPS
merge_ZIM.SPS
S3BOT jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3KEN jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3LES jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3MAL jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3MAU jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3MOZ jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3NAM jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3SEY jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3SOU jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3SWA jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3TAN jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3UGA jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3ZAM jschlid & jstrat.SPS
S3ZAN jschlid & jstrat.sps
S3ZIM jschlid & jstrat.SPS
RUMM Score Maths.sps
RUMM Score Read.sps
score_BOT.sps
score_KEN.sps
score_LES.sps
score_MAL.sps
score_MAU.sps
score_MOZ.sps
score_NAM.sps
score_SEY.sps
score_SOU.sps
score_SWA.sps
score_TAN.sps
score_UGA.sps
score_ZAM.sps
score_ZAN.sps
score_ZIM.sps
weight_BOT.SPS
weight_KEN.SPS
weight_LES.SPS
weight_MAL.SPS
weight_MAU.SPS
weight_MOZ.SPS
weight_NAM.SPS
weight_SEY.SPS
weight_SOU.SPS
weight_SWA.SPS
weight_TAN.SPS
weight_UGA.SPS
weight_ZAM.SPS
weight_ZAN.SPS
weight_ZIM.SPS
Notations Used in SACMEQ Countries
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SACMEQ-III: Suggested Timetable for Data Collection in Schools
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Date 2007-08-09
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Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Accessing the Data
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