Literacy and Numeracy in Faith-Based and Government Schools in Sierra Leone

Quentin Wodon and Yvonne Ying

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Abstract: This paper provides a comparative assessment of the market share, reach to the poor, and performance of faith-based and public schools in Sierra Leone using data from the 2004 Integrated Household Survey. One-third of primary school students attend government schools and more than half are in faith-based government-assisted schools. Faith-based schools tend to serve children who live in poverty more than public schools, and after controlling for student and household characteristics and school choice, they also perform slightly better than public schools.

Keywords: Primary education; faith-based; poverty; performance; Sierra Leone (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 H44 I21 L33 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-06
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Published in Emerging Evidence on Vouchers and Faith-Based Providers in Education: Case Studies from Africa, Latin America, and Asia, edited by F. Barrera-Osorio, H. A. Patinos, and Q. Wodon, Directions in Development, World Bank, Washington, DC (2009): pp. 99-117

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