'Schooling is Fooling': Why do Jamaican boys underachieve in school?

Gender and Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-232

  Parry, Odette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842681763     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540259721385     Document Type: Article

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