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This chapter brings together earlier discussions of educational goals and policies, educational inputs and educational processes by asking to what extent the outcomes of schooling in sub-Saharan Africa reflect earlier evidence about quality. The first section begins by discussing specifically educational outcomes in terms of rates of literacy and numeracy and the proportion of the curriculum learned by pupils. The chapter then examines and discusses a wide range of evidence on positive educational outcomes in Africa–poverty reduction, economic growth, better health, democracy and sustainable development. The final section discusses evidence on negative outcomes such as disinterest, boredom, passivity and low self-esteem as well as the outcomes of fear, anxiety, physical harm and school absenteeism and drop out that result from violence in schools, including corporal punishment.

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Harber, C. (2017). Educational Outcomes. In: Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57382-3_11

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