Confronting poverty and educational inequalities: Madrasas as a strategy for contesting dominant literacy in rural Bangladesh

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 623-633

  Rao, Nitya ^a   Hossain, Munshi Israil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Comparative education; Gender; Language; Madrasas; Poverty

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; GENDER RELATIONS; INDIVIDUALISM; ISLAMISM; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LITERACY; MORALITY; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; VILLAGE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 80051697973     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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