Test score gaps between private and government sector students at school entry age in India

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-49

  Singh, Abhijeet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

inequality; learning; preschool; private education; school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895904778     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2013.873529     Document Type: Article

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