1. Some thoughts from Unicef
Quality in Education
Some thoughts from Unicef

2. Four Broad Categories:
Learners
Learning Environments
Content
Process
Quality Outcomes

3. Learners Good health and nutrition.
Early childhood psychosocial development experiences.
Regular attendance for learning
Family support for learning

4. Learning Environments: Physical elements
Quality of school facilities
Interaction between school infrastructure and other quality dimensions.
Class size

5. Learning Environments:Psychosocial elements
Peaceful, safe environments, especially for girls.
Teachers’ behaviours that affect safety.
Effective school discipline policies.
Inclusive environments.
Non-violence.

6. Learning Environments: Service delivery
Provision of health services.

7. Quality Content
Student-centred, non-discriminatory, standards-based curriculum structures.
Uniqueness of local and national content.
Literacy.
Numeracy.
Life skills.
Peace education.

8. Quality Processes: Teachers
Professional learning for teachers.
Teacher competence and school efficiency.
Ongoing professional development.
Continuing support for student-centred learning.
Active, standards-based participation methods.
Teacher feedback mechanisms.
Teacher beliefs that all students can learn.
Teachers’ working conditions.

9. Quality Processes: Supervision and support
Administrative support and leadership.
Student access to languages used at school.
Using technologies to decrease rather than increase disparities.
Diversity of processes and facilities

10. Outcomes Achievement in literacy and numeracy.
Using formative assessment to improve achievement outcomes.
Outcomes sought by parents.
Outcomes related to community participation, learner confidence and life-long learning.
Experiential approaches to achieving desired outcomes.
Health outcomes.
Lifeskills and outcomes.