Listening to local voices? International targets and decentralised education planning in Nepal.

Caddell, Martha

Abstract

This article draws on a case study of district educational planning in Nepal to explore how education for all priorities and targets impact on educational practice at the sub-national level. It raises questions about the extent of local ownership of education and development targets and highlights the micro-politics of data collection exercises. Viewing targets from the ‘bottom-up’ allows a more contextualised understanding of their impact on education reform to be developed. The article concludes by questioning the value of target-driven initiatives in their current form. While targets may illuminate some aspects of our understanding of education reform, they mask the diversity of socio-political interests that intersect in the arena of schooling provision.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 1, 2005
• Online Publication Date: Jul 5, 2005
• Publication Date: 2005-07
• Deposit Date: May 2, 2017
• Journal: International Journal of Educational Development
• Print ISSN: 0738-0593
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 456-469
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2005.04.010
• Keywords: International education, developing nations, education, participation, Nepal,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/836468