Developing science, mathematics, and ICT education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Patterns and promising practices

World Bank Working Paper

Volumn , Issue 101, 2007, Pages 1-84

  Ottevanger, Wout ^a   van den Akker, Jan ^b   de Feiter, Leo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; TEACHER TRAINING;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; BURKINA FASO; EAST AFRICA; GHANA; NAMIBIA; SENEGAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; WEST AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 34249808814     PISSN: 17265878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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