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  Mother tongue-based teaching and education for girls

  UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2005

  The Asia-Pacific region is characterised by rich ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity, and children who have an opportunity to learn through their mother tongue or home language have the best chance of understanding what is taught, making the connection between the spoken and written word and participating in their own learning.
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  The effect of child work on schooling: evidence from Egypt

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2005

  This paper includes causal evidence that lower crude rates of school attendance for Egyptian children are not due to limited access to schools but rather to a substantial burden of work.
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  Improving learning in South African schools: the Qualitative Learning Project (QLP) summative evaluation (2000 - 2004)

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2005

  This report presents the evaluation work of the Quality Learning Project (QLP), conducted over a five year period. It also focuses on the successes and findings of the QLP, and the implications and recommendations flowing from the evaluation study.
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  From work to school: the experiences of CRS partners in implementing the child labour elimination programme in five district of AP

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This paper documents the successes and challenges facing an NGO-led child labour project in Andhra Pradesh, India. The aim of the projects is to eliminate child labour in communities through quality education.
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  Gender and household education expenditure in Pakistan

  ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2005

  This paper investigates whether the intra-household allocation of educational expenditure in Pakistan favours males over females.
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  The education of nomadic peoples in East Africa: review of relevant literature

  International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2005

  In the context of a renewed committment to Education For All (EFA) at Dakar, this study examines the apparent failure of most attempts to provide educational services to nomadic groups. The study focuses on Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Empowering tribal minorities in the development of multilingual education

  Digital Opportunity Channel, 2005

  Multilingualism is a way of life in India but its complexity generates an enormous challenge for education, particularly in India’s remote tribal regions where the languages spoken are different from the languages used in schools.
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  Letting them fail: government neglect and the right to education for children affected by AIDS

  Human Rights Watch, 2005

  This report examines the issues surrounding access to education for children affected by HIV and AIDS, looking in particular at the role of government.
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  Education participation in Sri Lanka: why all are not in school

  Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka, 2004

  Despite legislation making education for 5 – 14 year olds compulsory, only 93 % of children in this age group are in school in Sri Lanka.
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  Is private education good for the poor?

  E.G West Centre for Market Solutions in Education, UK, 2005

  This report argues that private, unaided schools, can play important role in reaching the poor and satisfying their educational needs. Private education has an important role in helping the government meet its ‘education for all’ targets.

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