The decentralisation of education in Kerala State, India: Rhetoric and reality

International Review of Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 223-243

  Mukundan, Mullikottu Veettil ^a   Bray, Mark ^b  

^a SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; DECENTRALIZATION; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATION REFORM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 19744380999     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11159-004-2621-7     Document Type: Article

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