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The teaching profession

The Valuing Teachers research series highlights the voices and experiences of educators.

“TEACHERS SPEAK OUT: A policy research report on teachers’ motivation and perceptions of their profession in The Gambia”

“Qualifying for Quality Unqualified teachers and qualified teacher shortages in The Gambia”, VSO, NUT, GTU, EFA-Net, Teachers for EFA, 2011.
Reports and academic works

Pugatch, T. & Schroeder, E. (2014). “Teacher Pay and Student Performance: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance”. IZA Discussion Paper No. 8621.

“Teacher Supply, Recruitment and Retention in six Anglophone Sub-Saharan African Countries”, A report on a survey conducted by Education International in The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, December 2007.