Local production of school science equipment in selected African countries

Abstract

The consultancy on local production of low-cost school equipment was carried out in Sierra Leone, Senegal, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia and Tanzania with the purpose of determining the status on the development and production of low-cost school science equipment and proposing how to improve the situation at a subregional and regional level. Policies on supply of science equipment to schools are not very explicit and are usually insignificantly reflected in allocations for school supplies. Policy makers are desirous of coordinated efforts at producing low-cost science equipment and would participate in this at the sub-regional and regional levels using current local investments and any available international support in the form of skills materials and resources.