Title: Partnerships for educational development in Africa : evidence from Japanese professional development programmes for science teachers in Ghana and South Africa
Abstract: Following the attention given by the Jomtien Declaration (1990) to the need for partnerships in the promotion of education, developing countries have initiated partnerships with many international donor agencies. The rationale, design and practice of many partnerships still require systematic investigation in the different country-contexts. This paper examines the framework, construction and practice of partnerships, using the Japan International Cooperation Agency's (JICA) educational development partnership programmes in Ghana and South Africa as case studies. The evidence, gathered through interviews with key officials and document analysis, suggests that while partnerships are key, they are often narrowly conceptualized within development projects. The JICA partnerships described in this paper represent a mixture of both stimulating and limiting factors. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of the conceptualization of a partnership for the opportunities for and constraints on the development it seeks to achieve.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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