Chronicling decentralization initiatives in the Philippine basic education sector

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 613-624

  de Guzman, Allan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

7Es of decentralization; Basic education; Decentralization; Philippine education; Roadblocks to SBM initiatives; School based management (SBM)

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; DECENTRALIZATION; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; PRIMARY EDUCATION; TEACHING;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 35548970831     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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