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Getting teachers back to the classroom. A systematic review on what works to improve teacher attendance in developing countries

Year: 2013

Type: review

Abstract: This article reports on a systematic review of research on the effectiveness of interventions aimed at increasing teacher attendance in developing countries. After a comprehensive search process, nine studies met the inclusion criteria. Pooled effects sizes of included studies were estimated (with the exception of three studies that had unavailable information to calculate their effect sizes). Results show that direct interventions coupling monitoring systems with incentives and indirect interventions involving the community and parents in students’ education had statistically significant effects on teacher attendance, suggesting that close monitoring and attractive incentives are mechanisms of high potential to reduce teacher absenteeism.

Source: Journal of Development Effectiveness

DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2013.864695

Authors: Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, Mayli Zapata, Santiago Cueto

Institution: Group for the Analysis of Development

Language: English

Topic: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Institute of Education, University of London