The challenge of increasing access and improving quality: An analysis of Universal Primary Education interventions in Kenya and Tanzania since the 1970s

International Review of Education

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 687-699

  Sifuna, Daniel N ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; LEARNING; PRIMARY EDUCATION; TEACHING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 35449000872     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11159-007-9062-z     Document Type: Article

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