'Between Education and Catastrophe': Côte D'ivoire's Programme D'éducation Télévisuelle and the Urgency of Development (1968-1983)

Author:

PROSPERETTI, ELISA

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Date published:

2019

Record type:

Journal article

Region:

Africa

Western Africa

Journal Title:

Journal of African History

Source:

The Journal of African History, Vol. 60, N0. 1, 2019 pp. 3-23

Subject:

EDUCATION

Abstract:

Côte d'Ivoire's Programme d'Éducation Télévisuelle (PETV) was one of postcolonial Africa's most innovative educational reforms. And yet, PETV was implemented by a country exemplary for its educational conservatism. This apparent paradox is explained by the Ivorian state's developmentalist vision had crowned education its 'priority of priorities'. By charting the adoption and termination of PETV, this article argues for the centrality of formal schooling to the history of development.

Language:

English

Country focus:

Côte d'Ivoire

Catagory URL:

http://www.cambridge.org

Subject profile :

Geography / History

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853718000464

CITATION: PROSPERETTI, ELISA. 'Between Education and Catastrophe': Côte D'ivoire's Programme D'éducation Télévisuelle and the Urgency of Development (1968-1983) . : Cambridge University Press , 2019. The Journal of African History, Vol. 60, N0. 1, 2019 pp. 3-23 - Available at: https://library.au.int/between-education-and-catastrophe-côte-divoires-programme-déducation-télévisuelle-and-urgency