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  Unpacking the ‘quality’ of schools

  Seminar [Indian journal], 2004

  Through a discussion of debates and teaching practices in India and internationally, this article critiques the way in which the issue of access is increasingly being separated from that of the quality of education.The author argues that in relegating the issue of quality to a secondary concern, to be addressed only after access has been improved, this debate recreates earlier justifications fo
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  Transition to university under communism and after its demise: the role of socio-economic background in the transition between secondary and tertiary education in the Czech Republic 1948-1998

  Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and the Economics Institute, Prague, 2004

  Has access to tertiary education become more or less equal since the end of the communist regime? This paper attempts to analyse equality of access to tertiary education in the Czech Republic from 1948-1998. The analysis is based on a data set of surveys carried out after 1989, to test different hypotheses about the nature of inequality of access to tertiary education in the different periods.
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  Towards a new consensus for addressing the global challenge of the lack of education

  Copenhagen Consensus, 2004

  This paper considers the costs and benefits of opportunities available for developing countries to move towards the goals for education set by the Millennium Development Goals and the Education for All initiative.Through a broad review of the literature on education, it presents a case for reconsidering some of the assumptions and prevailing themes of the debates around the education goals, ide
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  The long walk to school: international education goals in historical perspective

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2004

  This paper argues that efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on school enrolments through changes to education policy and increased funding are unrealistic and misguided.First, through an analysis of historical school enrolment patterns in developed countries, the author argues that the international development community has misunderstood the relationship between economic
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  Education for all: teacher demand and supply in Africa

  Education International, 2003

  Achievement of the Education for All (EFA) goal of universal primary education by 2015 requires that the education system can attract, educate and retain sufficient numbers of well qualified teachers. This working paper examines the place of teachers in the primary education systems of Botswana, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania (Mainland), Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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  Where has all the education gone in Malawi?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This report uses standard tracer survey techniques to investigate the labour market experiences of high school leavers and university graduates in Malawi, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the education system and to explore changes in the labour market over the last twenty years.Areas of investigation include:changes in how gender and socio-economic affect access to education
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  Global education digest 2004: comparing education statistics across the world

  UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2004

  This report provides comparative data on education in developing and developed countries.
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  The impact of social institutions on the economic role of women in developing countries

  OECD Development Centre, 2004

  This working paper challenges the view that the socio-economic role of women in developing countries will be substantially improved through increased access to education, health, credit, formal legal rights and employment opportunities, in conjunction with economic growth.Using a newly developed data set, the study undertakes a regional statistical comparison of the impact of social institution
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  Where has all the education gone in Tanzania? Employment outcomes among secondary school and university leavers

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This report analyses the labour market experiences of high school leavers and university graduates in Tanzania, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the education system.Areas of inquiry include:employment and career historiesemployment opportunities in public as compared to private workplacesunemploymentthe relationship between employment and trainingdifferences in
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  Young people - we care! A book of ideas to help young people supporting each other in their communities in Zimbabwe

  John Snow International UK, 2003

  This book from John Snow International UK has been designed to encourage young people to support either younger children or their peers who are living in communities in Zimbabwe affected by HIV/AIDS. It is also envisaged it will be used by home-based care organisations to involve young people in their activities.

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