Education in South Asia

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 194-197

  Malatesha Joshi, R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Child labor; Disglossia; Education; India; Literacy; Maldives; Nepal; Pakistan; South Asia; South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943234969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.92143-3     Document Type: Chapter

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