Classes under the trees : transitions in pastoral communities in Uganda
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Abstract:
In the past, the children of pastoralists in Karamoja, Uganda, never went to school because their forefathers had cursed education. It was not an outright refusal of education, but rather the competing need for subsistence labour. The Alternative Basic Education for Karamoja (ABEK) programme and the Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) programmes, introduced among the Karamojong communities, has encouraged them to enroll their children in schools. The programmes help smooth the transition from non-formal to formal schooling, and monitor the children’s performance, contributing to avoiding high dropout rates in the formal school system.
Authors:
Chelimo, N.
Country:
Uganda
Category:
Practice
End Page:
37
Serial number:
107
ISSN:
1387-9553
Journal:
Early Childhood Matters
Keywords:
education
,
children
,
agriculture
Language:
eng
Organization:
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Year:
2006
Region:
East Africa
Right:
© 2006 Bernard van Leer Foundation
Subject:
Education, Science and Technology
Start Page:
36
Title:
Classes under the trees : transitions in pastoral communities in Uganda