Mitigating the impact of educational policies in rural Kenya

Advances in Educational Administration

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-20

  Wasonga, Teresa ^a   Mwita, Miriam Bageni ^a  

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EID: 84885009107     PISSN: 14793660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3660(2012)0000014005     Document Type: Article

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