Alice Mapenzi Kubo Books

The monograph explores the impact of abolishing school fees on primary education quality in developing countries, specifically in Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, and Kenya. It analyzes various factors such as enrolment rates, pupil-teacher ratios, and educational achievements, revealing that the effects of fee elimination on quality differ based on time and definitions of quality. Notably, after ten years of free education, no negative consequences on pupil progress or learning outcomes were found. The work is aimed at educators, policymakers, and organizations involved in primary education.

Sustainable tourism calls for alternative forms oftourism as well as greening the existing tourismfacilities, notably improving the environmentalmanagement of existing accommodations. This monographexamines the environmental practises of touristhotels and apartments on the Kenya Coast - Nyali, Bamburi and Shanzu areas. More than half of the accommodations have implementedmeasures to improve waste management, wastewatermanagement and local community support. Measures toreduce energy and water consumption are still intheir infancy. Indirect measures in respect ofenvironmental organisation, guest environmentalinstructions and nature conservation are largelyabsent. Even though the environmental measures thatwere introduced can be regarded as steps towardssustainable tourism, they mostly do not ask for greatefforts or large investments. This monograph gives recommendations for touroperators, hotels and government agencies and willalso be of interest to students of tourism ingeneral; it offers a foundation for studies ofsustainable tourism

Die Monographie untersucht die Auswirkungen der Abschaffung von Schulgebühren auf die Qualität der Grundschulbildung in Malawi, Uganda, Sambia und Kenia. Sie analysiert zentrale Faktoren wie Einschreibungsraten, Schüler-Lehrer-Verhältnisse und Bildungserfolg unter Berücksichtigung von Geschlechtergerechtigkeit und regionaler Fairness. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass zehn Jahre nach der Abschaffung keine negativen Auswirkungen auf den Schülerfortschritt und die Lernleistungen festgestellt wurden. Die Studie richtet sich an Fachkräfte, politische Entscheidungsträger und Organisationen, die sich mit der Bildung von Kindern in Entwicklungsländern beschäftigen.