Electricity and education: The benefits, barriers, and ...

Energy and education 1 Electricity and education : The benefits, barriers, and recommendations for achieving the electrification of primary and secondary schools December 2014 Energy and education 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary .. 3 1. Introduction .. 4 2. Electrification and Schools: Current Status .. 5 3. Educational Benefits of Electricity Access .. 8 Lighting and extended studying hours .. 9 Facilitation of ICT .. 10 Enhanced staff retention and teacher training .. 11 Better school performance .. 11 Enablement of community co-benefits .. 12 4. The Educational Challenges of Electricity Access .. 15 Capital cost and limited financing .. 15 Technical problems and theft.

and improving the quality of education.” 16 Figure 4 shows a strong correlation (above 66%) with electricity consumption per capita and higher scores on the education index—a proxy for the mean years of schooling a student receives—across 120 co untries. 17 The inverse is also true: schools without

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