Issues arising from an examination of the Junior Secondary School reform of 1987 in Ghana

Educational Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 141-177

  Osei, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038721327     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690303277     Document Type: Article

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