Education participation in Sri Lanka-Why all are not in school

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-152

  Arunatilake, Nisha ^a  

^a Institute of Policy Studies Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Education; School quality; Sri lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847218647     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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