Poverty & privilege: Primary school inequality in South Africa

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 436-447

  Spaull, Nicholas ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Educational inequality; Primary schooling; SACMEQ; South Africa; Student performance

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; ECONOMETRICS; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RACIAL SEGREGATION; STUDENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84880723816     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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