The impact of education quality on rates of return to education in Namibia

Effect of education quality on rates of return to education in Namibia

By: Godana T, Ashipala JM
Published by: Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU) , 2006
Via: Eldis

This study investigates the effect of education quality on rates of return to education in Namibia. In particular, the question raised in this study is whether the quality of schooling as proxied by better school resources matters much in determining future earnings of people.
The study finds that school resources as measured by pupil-teacher ratio and teacher qualification had very little impact on rate of returns to education. This implies that school resources are an inadequate measure of quality of education received by an individual. School resources are necessary but not sufficient to significantly affect education quality because other factors at the school level like management, teacher effort and competency (not formal qualification), teacher and student motivation as well as the teaching and learning process may have more impact.