departmental bulletin paper

Departmental Bulletin Paper

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共生学ジャーナル. 2022, 6, p. 1-22

Exploring parental involvement in school to work transition in rural Madagascar : Focusing on parents’ expectations of education outcomes

Andriariniaina, Fanantenana Rianasoa

English

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2022-03

論文

This study explores the extent of parents’ involvement in children’s school to work transition (SWT) in rural Madagascar. As the global agenda expects education to provide skills to allow better access to decent jobs, local governments are implementing new policies in line with global trends, sometimes with little regard to context. Policymakers’ perceptions of education outcomes evolved over time. They have long been intimately linked to production and immediate employment; however, recent studies argue that the link between education and employment should account for aspirations and perceptions of life and what it means to be a human being. Parents play a crucial role in influencing children’s education performance and attainments. In countries such as Madagascar, where families rather than individuals are at the center of society, parents play significant roles in SWT. In this era of changes in the relationship between education and work, it is important to understand parents’ involvement in children’s SWT. This study examined 21 individuals from seven households in rural Madagascar to investigate parents’ perspectives on education outcomes and their influence on children’s SWT. The results indicated that parents expected basic skills and values as outcomes of education, particularly at lower levels. As a result, parents rarely linked education to work, particularly when they did not have resources and networks to complement their children’s education in providing access to employment. Nevertheless, this did not mean that the parents did not help their children with the transition to employment. Parents’ efforts to ease the SWT included helping their children work while studying or leave formal education earlier to receive informal training.

10.18910/86424

86424

Exploring parental involvement in school to work transition in rural Madagascar : Focusing on parents’ expectations of education outcomes

Andriariniaina, Fanantenana Rianasoa

大阪大学大学院人間科学研究科『共⽣学ジャーナル』編集委員会

English

2022-03

共生学ジャーナル

6

1

22

https://hdl.handle.net/11094/86424

10.18910/86424

https://doi.org/10.18910/86424