Education Research
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Listen to the teachers: education in rural Africa
Teaching and learning in rural areas presents unique challenges. What is the best way to provide support to trainee teachers in isolated areas? Will improving rural education and training help increase the productivity of rural households? Local context matters, whether initiatives are national government or donor-funded, and without listening to the teachers, initiatives will fail.

Teaching in isolation in Eritrean primary schools
Many newly-qualified teachers in Eritrea start work in isolated rural primary schools far from friends and family. In-service training is essential. Workshops rooted in local experience and involving skills sharing provide the best form of support.

Rural education and training in sub-Saharan Africa
Education and training are essential to overcome poverty in rural sub-Saharan Africa. If people have the skills to manage their resources better, they can improve productivity and sustainability, even with population growth and environmental degradation. Governments should make education policies coherent and training relevant. They need to apply recent innovations and improve leadership and management.

UK qualification suppliers in Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka
Liberalisation allows foreign qualification suppliers to operate in states from which they were previously excluded. Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka have both attempted a process of economic liberalisation, but with varying results. Do UK-based qualification suppliers vary their operations in response to local contexts?

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