Education quality in post-apartheid South African policy: Balancing equity, diversity, rights and participation

Comparative Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-118

  Sayed, Yusuf ^a   Ahmed, Rashid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; EQUITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POST-APARTHEID;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79951778375     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541680     Document Type: Article

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