Equity gains in Bangladesh primary education

International Review of Education

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 601-619

  Chowdhury, A Mushtaque R ^a   Nath, Samir R ^a   Choudhury, Rasheda K ^a  

^a NONE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; ETHNIC MINORITY; GENDER DISPARITY; LEARNING; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0348146413     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REVI.0000006929.59667.16     Document Type: Article

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