African Education Watch Launch

This report presents a regional overview of accountability and transparency in primary education management in seven African countries. It has been produced within the framework of Africa Education Watch (AEW). AEW is a three year programme (2007-2010) implemented by Transparency International (TI) that focuses on governance in the management of public funds in the primary education system.

As part of this programme, TI undertook a large-scale assessment of the effectiveness of decentralised accountability structures. It covered seven countries:

• Ghana
• Madagascar
• Morocco
• Niger
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Uganda.

Countries surveyed were selected based on the presence of a TI Chapter in the country with previous experience working on education. Another criterion was representation of economical and cultural differences.