Private schools and the millennium development goal of universal primary education: A census and comparative survey in Hyderabad, India

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 539-560

  Tooley, James ^a,c   Dixon, Pauline ^a   Gomathi, S V ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Educare Trust   (India)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34250775419     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980701425664     Document Type: Article

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