Fulfilling the promise of school education? factors shaping education inequalities in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam
<p>The promise of education as a means of transformation and escape from poverty is at the heart of national and global policy commitments to investing in school education. It is also a primary motivator in the far-reaching financial sacrifices that families often make to send their children...
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Palgrave Macmillan
2014
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| Summary: | <p>The promise of education as a means of transformation and escape from poverty is at the heart of national and global policy commitments to investing in school education. It is also a primary motivator in the far-reaching financial sacrifices that families often make to send their children to school. Yet as we get closer to achieving universal access to primary education in many countries, questions are being raised about the impacts of expanding education systems, the quality of the schooling on offer, and the persistent inequalities that lie beneath national enrolment averages.</p> |
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