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Southern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality 2007

Botswana, 2007
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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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Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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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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Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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SACMEQ Policy Issue Series
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Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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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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Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Data Processing Syntaxes
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Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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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
Language English
Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Accessing the Data
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