Botswana secondary students' perceptions of the education/employment nexus

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 315-329

  Vlaardingerbroek, Barend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Employment; Expectations; Incomes; Private sector; Work force

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; EMPLOYMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; TRAINING;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0035000874     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-0593(00)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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