Quality of Early Childhood Education in Private and Government Preschools of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

International Journal of Early Childhood

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 163-176

  Admas, Fantahun ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Early childhood education; Global Guidelines Assessment (GGA); Government preschools; Private preschools; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85073308648     PISSN: 00207187     EISSN: 18784658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13158-019-00248-1     Document Type: Article

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