Private provision of elementary education in India: Findings of a survey in eight states

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Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-442

  Mehrotra, Santosh ^a   Panchamukhi, Parthasarthi R ^a  

^a Planning Commission India   (India)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Government schools; India; Private schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845401428     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920601024883     Document Type: Conference Paper

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