Towards Educational Equity

Transforming Rural Secondary Schools in Developing Countries: Towards Educational Equity in Zimbabwe

Because of various challenges that rural secondary schools in Zimbabwe face, such as isolation, recruiting and retention of personnel and sub-standard accommodation for teachers, among others, leaders at all levels of the education system are often required to design appropriate transformational strategies (Ncube,2014). This case study, whose purpose was to solicit views on how to transform rur...

Towards global health equity: opportunities and threats

O n 29 August, 2011, I had the honour and pleasure to witness and facilitate the creation of the African Federation of Public Health Associations. It was a landmark event attended by all Ministers of Health of the African region, during which we committed to work together to support Governments and communities to address the public health challenges that we face at regional and country levels. ...

Towards Equity in Health: Researchers Take Stock

For the 2016 end-of-the-year editorial, the PLOS Medicine editors asked 7 global health leaders to discuss developments relevant to the equitable provision of medical care to all populations. The result is a collection of expert views on ethical trial design, research during outbreaks, high-burden infectious diseases, diversity in research and protection of migrants.

The Challenges of Measuring School Quality: Implications for Educational Equity

Access and Equity: Futures of an Educational Ideal

This paper offers an analysis of the concepts access and equity using CLA to highlight the complexity of the discourse and the nature of the contested conceptual space. An historical context is used to situate the discourse and place the tension between open ended and closed interpretations of these terms in their historicalcultural context. The social imaginary is applied to the field of socia...