Governance in education: transparency and accountability

A collection of papers on the experiences of governance in the education sector

Edited by: Hallak J & Poisson M
Published by: International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), UNESCO , 2006
Via: Eldis

There is a wealth of experience in different countries regarding successful approaches to reducing corruption and increasing transparency in the management of the education sector. This book presents a review of some of these initiatives, taken from a variety of domains, including: education financing, teacher appointment and transfer, conduct of teachers, school management, private tutoring, and school nutrition. They are classified into three categories, namely:

• the creation and maintenance of regulatory systems
• the strengthening of management capacities to ensure the enforcement of these regulatory systems
• the encouragement of enhanced ownership of the management process.

The document is made up of contributions made by a variety of authors to the international seminar "Strategies to improve transparency and accountability in education" held in Mexico in 2003.