Education service delivery: The disastrous case of outcomes-based qualifications frameworks

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-78

  Allais, Stephanie Matseleng ^a,b  

^a the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Education service delivery; National qualifications framework; Outcomes based education; Qualification driven reform; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION REFORM; POLICY REFORM; PUBLIC SECTOR; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SERVICE PROVISION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 36649021822     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340600700106     Document Type: Article

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