Weaknesses of South African education in the mirror image of international educational development

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Wolhuter, C C ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Educational quality; Equal educational opportunities; International Association of Educational Achievement (IEA) studies; International classifications of national education systems; Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) studies; Second Information Technology in Education Study (SITES) study; South African education system; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901626197     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/201412071120     Document Type: Article

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