Education reform in Botswana: Reflections on policy contradictions and paradoxes

Comparative Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-107

  Tabulawa, Richard Tjombe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVENESS; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATION REFORM; GLOBALIZATION; LITERACY; POLICY ANALYSIS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 59649125981     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050060802661410     Document Type: Article

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