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SACMEQ I Project 1995-1998

Africa, 1995 - 1998
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AFR_1995-1998_SACMEQ-I_v01_M
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Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ)
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    Survey ID number

    AFR_1995-1998_SACMEQ-I_v01_M

    Title

    SACMEQ I Project 1995-1998

    Country
    Name Country code
    Africa AFR
    Study type

    Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey [hh/sems]

    Abstract

    The Southern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) is a consortium of Ministries of Education and Culture located in the Southern Africa subregion. This consortium works in close partnership with the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). SACMEQ’s main aim is to undertake co-operative educational policy research in order to generate information that can be used by decision-makers to plan the quality of education. SACMEQ’s programme of educational policy research has four features which have optimized its contributions to the field of educational planning: (1) it provides research-based policy
    advice concerning high-priority educational quality issues that have been identified by key decision-makers in Southern Africa, (2) it functions as a co-operative venture based on a strong network of Ministries of Education and Culture, (3) it combines research and training components that are linked with institutional capacity building, and ? its future directions are defined by participating ministries. In each participating country, a National Research Co-ordinator is responsible for implementing SACMEQ’s projects.

    SACMEQ’S Initial Project commenced in February 1995. During 1995-1998 seven Ministries of Education participated in the Project, in Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Zambia, Tanzania (Zanzibar), and Zimbabwe.This co-operative sub-regional educational research project collected data in order to guide decisionmaking in these countries with respect to questions around high priority policy issues. These included:
    • What are the baseline data for selected inputs to primary schools?
    • How do the conditions of primary schooling compare with the Ministry of Education and Culture’s own bench-mark standards?
    • Have educational inputs to schools been allocated in an equitable fashion?
    • What is the basic literacy level among pupils in upper primary school?
    • Which educational inputs to primary schools have most impact on pupil reading achievement at the upper primary level?

    In 1995 there were five fully active members of SACMEQ: Mauritius, Namibia, Zambia, Tanzania (Zanzibar), and Zimbabwe. These Ministries of Education and Culture participated in all phases of SACMEQ’s establishment and its initial educational policy research project. There are also four partially active members of SACMEQ: Kenya, Tanzania (Mainland), Malawi, and Swaziland. These Ministries of Education and Culture have made contributions to the preparation of the Project Plan for SACMEQ’s initial educational policy research project. Three other countries (Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa) had observer status due to their involvement in SACMEQ related training workshops or their participation in some elements of the preparation of the first proposal for launching SACMEQ.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Units of analysis in the survey included schools and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v4: Edited, anonymised data for licensed distribution

    Version Date

    1997

    Scope

    Notes

    Data was collected on pupils’ home backgrounds and their school life; classrooms, teaching practices, teachers' working conditions, and teacher housing; enrolments, school buildings and facilities, and school management.

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    basic skills education [6.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The surveys had national coverage of the countries participating in the project, which include Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Zambia, Tanzania (Zanzibar), and Zimbabwe.

    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is province, and in some cases, metropolitan area.

    Universe

    The target population for SACMEQ's Initial Project was defined as "all pupils at the Grade 6 level in 1995 who were attending registered government or non-government schools". Grade 6 was chosen because it was the grade level where the basics of reading literacy were expected to have been acquired.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ)
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Funder
    Italian Government Funder
    Netherlands Government Funder
    Ministries of Education Funders

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    A stratified two-stage sample design was used to select around 150 schools in each country. Pupils were then selected within these schools by drawing simple random samples.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The data collection for SACMEQ’s Initial Project took place in October 1995 and involved the administration of questionnaires to pupils, teachers, and school heads. The pupil questionnaire contained questions about the pupils’ home backgrounds and their school life; the teacher questionnaire asked about classrooms, teaching practices, working conditions, and teacher housing; and the school head questionnaire collected information about teachers, enrolments, buildings, facilities, and management. A reading literacy test was also given to the pupils. The test was based on items that were selected after a trial-testing programme had been completed.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1995 1998

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    SACMEQ Director, International Institute for Educational Planning UNESCO http://www.sacmeq.org info@sacmeq.org
    Access conditions

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF THE SACMEQ DATA ARCHIVE

    1.0 Introduction

    The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) Co-ordinating Centre (SCC http://www.sacmeq.org/_legal/accept_new?destination=training-workshops) has produced a data archive containing all information collected for SACMEQ's first three educational policy research projects (SACMEQ I, SACMEQ II, and SACMEQ III). This archive is now available online on the SACMEQ website so as to give bona fide researchers and students online access to SACMEQ data and documents.

    The SACMEQ data sets have been developed at great cost and with the application of stringent quality controls. It is being made available to eligible users because it has a great potential to contribute to educational policy development beyond what has already been achieved in this respect through the reports written by the National Research Co-ordinators (NRC http://www.sacmeq.org/_legal/accept_new?destination=training-workshopss) and Deputy National Research Coordinators (NRC http://www.sacmeq.org/_legal/accept_new?destination=training-workshopss). It is expected that many researchers and students will wish to use the Data Archive for research, publications, and/or training purposes.

    The Terms and Conditions serve two purposes. Firstly, they provide interested applicants with guidelines on how to access this valuable information resource. Secondly, they are intended to safeguard against the danger of users being unaware of the complexities of the data collection process and consequently arriving at misinterpretations that could lead to incorrect conclusions.

    2.0 How can the user gain such access?

    In order to obtain SACMEQ Data Archive for any of the SACMEQ school systems, the applicant should follow these steps:

    2.1 Read and Agree to these "Terms and Conditions for the Use of the SACMEQ Data Archive."

    2.2 Complete an online application form.
    3.0 What rules govern the use of the SACMEQ data archive?

    3.1 The Data Archive is the outcome of expensive and time-consuming activities of the staff of the represented Ministries of Education spread over many years. For this reason, the SACMEQ Ministries of Education described in the Data Archive should:

    3.1.1 be notified by the SACMEQ SCC http://www.sacmeq.org/_legal/accept_new?destination=training-workshops of any request for data;

    3.1.2 have an opportunity to review reports based on the data archive so as to correct any gross errors before they are published; and

    3.1.3 satisfy themselves that the data have been used in such a manner that they contribute positively to the development of relevant education policies in relevant SACMEQ member countries.

    3.2 It is the National Research Coordinators (NRC http://www.sacmeq.org/_legal/accept_new?destination=training-workshopss) and Deputy National Research
    Coordinators (DNRCs) who have spearheaded the collection and compilation of SACMEQ data. In acknowledgment of their efforts, the applicant(s) will be required to invite the relevant country's National Research Coordinator to participate in the study associated with the use of the data. Where an individual other than the NRC http://www.sacmeq.org/_legal/accept_new?destination=training-workshops or DNRC is co-opted, the relevant NRC http://www.sacmeq.org/_legal/accept_new?destination=training-workshops and DNRC shall be given the first right of refusal.

    3.3 This provision does not apply in situations where the SACMEQ Data Archive is used purely for purposes of individual academic research by a student, and where the results are not intended for publication.

    3.4 All relevant NRC http://www.sacmeq.org/_legal/accept_new?destination=training-workshopss and DNRCs will be informed by the SCC http://www.sacmeq.org/_legal/accept_new?destination=training-workshops about the recipients of the Data Archive.

    3.5 SACMEQ provides the SACMEQ Data Archive to applicants on the basis of the intended use stated in the application. The applicant, therefore, should not use the data for any purpose other than the one stated in the application. Should the applicant(s) wish to use the data for a purpose other than that stated in the agreement, then he/she/they must first secure the written approval of SACMEQ before he/she/they proceed to do so.

    3.6 SACMEQ data are provided for the sole and exclusive use of the applicant specified in the agreement. The successful applicant should, therefore, not share the SACMEQ Data Archive with, or pass it on to, any other unauthorized person(s).

    3.7 The authorized user shall take responsibility for the safe custody of the SACMEQ Data Archive and also take reasonable steps to ensure that no unauthorized persons gain access to it.

    3.8 The authorized user shall give due credit to SACMEQ for providing the Data Archive by providing written acknowledgement of this in any publication emanating from their use.

    3.9 As the Data Archive remains the property of the SACMEQ, no other person(s), including the successful applicants or the member Ministry, shall re-distribute or offer for sale the SACMEQ Data Archive.

    3.10 All reports based on the SACMEQ Data Archive have to secure the written approval of the SCC http://www.sacmeq.org/_legal/accept_new?destination=training-workshops prior to the publication in order to confirm compliance to our terms and conditions, and also to ensure that there is no misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the data.

    3.11 Once authorization has been granted to access the archive, you will see a link on the website which will take you to the Data Archive.

    3.12 All relevant NRC http://www.sacmeq.org/_legal/accept_new?destination=training-workshopss will be informed by the SCC http://www.sacmeq.org/_legal/accept_new?destination=training-workshops about the recipients of the SACMEQ Data Archive.

    3.13 Full acknowledgement of the source of the data (including reference to the SACMEQ Data Archive) must be given whenever the data are used.

    3.14 A copy of any published article or report based on the SACMEQ Data Archive must be provided free of charge to (a) the SACMEQ Co-ordinating Centre, and (b) the Ministry(ies) of Education from whose data the report has been generated.

    Citation requirements

    Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality. SACMEQ Project 1995-1998 [dataset]. Version 4. Harare: SACMEQ [producer], 2004. Paris: International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO [distributor], 2004.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Copyright

    Copyright, Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Policy

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_AFR_1995-1998_SACMEQ-I_v01_M

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town DDI Producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2012-02-29

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01: Adopted from "ddi-af-datafirst-sacmeq-1995-1998-v2" DDI that was done by metadata producer mentioned in "Metadata Production" section.

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