Teachers for All: Senegal
Improving equity in teacher allocation in Senegal
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Highlights
The Government of Senegal has made significant efforts to ensure a sufficient supply of trained teachers in elementary education. The country stands out in Sub-Saharan Africa with a high proportion of qualified teachers and a relatively favorable national pupil–teacher ratio of 35:1, exceeding both international benchmarks and regional averages.
Among these efforts is the establishment of transparent and increasingly sophisticated procedures for teacher deployment and mobility, supported by the digital platform MIRADOR, which is increasingly cited as a promising approach to strengthening teacher allocation systems in the region. However, important challenges remain in ensuring an equitable and efficient distribution of teachers, both across schools and within them.
This series of two reports, developed as part of the Teachers for All study, provides new evidence on teacher allocation in Senegal. The first report presents the results of an analysis of administrative data, examining how teachers are distributed across regions, schools, and classrooms, and the implications for equity and learning outcomes. The second report, based on qualitative data, explores the underlying drivers of these patterns, including the challenges of attracting and retaining teachers in “departure zones,” and the role of MIRADOR and broader allocation policies in shaping teacher distribution.
A joint executive summary accompanies the series, bringing together the key findings and implications from both reports.
Visit the project page to learn more about the Teachers for All research study and its findings.
