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Private tutoring and the question of equitable opportunities in Turkey
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013Private tutoring is one of the most important issues in countries where there is great demand for higher education but access is limited by entrance examinations.DocumentLanguage-teaching in Pakistani madrassas
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1998The madrassas (or madaris) are religious seminaries which have been in the news in the last two years for two major reasons. First, their students, called tulaba in Arabic and taliban in Pashto, rose to rule most of Afghanistan.DocumentDoes improved local supply of schooling enhance intergenerational mobility in education? Evidence from Jordan
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013Raising intergenerational mobility of educational attainment, or achieving greater equality of opportunity in the acquisition of human capital over time, is a major objective of public policy.DocumentEquitable education in Pakistan: addressing gender and rural-urban gaps in lower secondary education
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2011The driving force behind this project was the motivation to attain good governance in Pakistan through the introduction and implementation of social accountability (SAc) tools.DocumentAppraising and testing World Bank maintained hypotheses on basic education in a comparative institutional context
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2000Given how influential the World Bank is in the development field and given the structural changes it can bring about in most borrowing countries in most sectors, it is important to examine its policies carefully.DocumentThe language of employment: the case of Pakistan
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1999One cannot find employment in a modern state without being able to read, write and speak (in that order) a certain, standardised, written language. In short, to be part of the salariat in Pakistan one must know a certain language the characteristics of which are investigated in this paper.DocumentAn overview of basic education under the social action plan in Pakistan
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1999The justified fear of austerity imposed by structural adjustment is that the social sectors, including education, are likely to face the first and major budget cuts. This fear was based on experience in several developing countries and this led to an important critique by Cornia, Jolly and Stewart (1987) who urged, as implicit in the title of their book, Adjustment With a Human Face.DocumentThe teaching of Sindhi and Sindhi ethnicity
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1999Sindhi is one of the most ancient languages of India. The government, therefore, gets a number of books, including Aesop’s Fables, translated from different languages into Sindhi. Among these are books on arithmetic, geography, drawing and history.DocumentLes violences de genre en milieu scolaire, obstacles au droit des filles et des garçons à l’éducation
2014A l’occasion de la Journée internationale des filles le 24 octobre, l’ONG internationale PLAN a rendu public un rapport sur les violences de genre en milieu scolaire, principal obstacle à la scolarisation des filles en Afrique.DocumentStop Violence Against Girls in School. Success Stories
ActionAid International, 2013Millions of girls in sub-Saharan Africa continue to be denied their right to education. Violence and the fear of violence are also critical factors preventing girls from attending school.Pages