Education for all in South Africa: Developing a national system for quality assurance

Comparative Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 345-365

  Smith, William J ^a   Ngoma Maema, Wendy Yolisa ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0242709291     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305006032000134418     Document Type: Article

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