Principals' and students' perceptions on parental contribution to financial management in secondary schools in Kenya

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-78

  Koross, Peter Kiplangat ^a   Ngware, Moses Waithanji ^b   Sang, Anthony Kiplangat ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^c EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Financial management; Kenya; Parents; Principals; Secondary schools; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 59949104986     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880910929935     Document Type: Article

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