Free primary education and implementation in Kenya: The role of primary school teachers in addressing the policy gap

SAGE Open

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Abuya, Benta A ^a   Admassu, Kassahun ^d   Ngware, Moses ^a   Onsomu, Elijah O ^b   Oketch, Moses ^c  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bottom up; Free primary education; Kenya; Teachers; Top down

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927722573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244015571488     Document Type: Article

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