What does this project involve?

Each country study is led by a local SHLC partner in charge of the research and knowledge exchange activities at the local level, including Dr Shilpi Roy (Khulna University, Bangladesh), Professor Mario Delos Reyes (University of the Philippines), and Dr Vincent Manirakiza (University of Rwanda). Coordination among the teams and the comparative component are led by Dr Yulia Nesterova and Professor Mike Osborne at the University of Glasgow.

We are collecting primary and secondary data from a variety of sources.

For the secondary data, we are relying on the analysis of official documents including documents that detail the responsibilities of cities in education, city-level educational planning tools and policy documents, education budget, city’s education infrastructure, teaching staff, and many others. We are also looking at such education indicators at the city level as number of students by level of education, number of public and private schools, location of schools and school maps, existence of elected children’s councils, extra-curricular activities, and civil society organisations involved in education, among others.

For the primary data, we are conducting interviews and focus groups with a range of education stakeholders of local education communities. These include mayors, local elected officials in charge of education, head of education departments, heads of city hall’s budget departments and of human resources, inspectors, teachers, civil society organisations, and private companies, to name a few. We also hope to have a few school visits to meet key actors there where possible as COVID-19 restrictions vary across the countries.