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This study looks at Argentina’s early childhood education policy, to determine whether it “ensures quality education … and equal opportunities, without regional disparities and socio-economic inequities” –the main purpose of education policy … relevant to education policymaking in Argentina, where efforts have focused on expanding the coverage of preschool services …
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This study looks more closely at Argentina’s early childhood education policy, to determine whether it “ensures quality … education and equal opportunities, without regional disparities and socio-economic inequities” –the main purpose of education … families. These findings are relevant to education policymaking in Argentina, where efforts have focused on expanding the …
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This paper provides a comparative assessment of the market share, reach to the poor, and performance of faith-based and public schools in Sierra Leone using data from the 2004 Integrated Household Survey. One-third of primary school students attend government schools and more than half are in...
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This paper provides a comparative assessment of the market share, reach to the poor, and performance of faith-based and public schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo using data from the 2004-2005 "123" survey. More than two thirds of primary school students attend faith-based...
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There is an imperative need to change the education pattern to achieve universal primary education in India. Even after … 60 years of Independence, India faces obstacles in providing Education For All. This study was conducted in a primary …
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The Right to Education (RTE) Act came into effect on 1st April 2010 in India, which ensures free and compulsory … education to every child between the ages 6-14 years. India is currently having 8.1 million eligible students who are dropouts … dropout rate in primary as well as upper-primary education. This paper sheds some light on the issues of dropout in primary …
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Women constitute almost half of the population of the world. Education for women is the best way to improve the health … that lack of woman education can be an impediment to the country’s economic development. In India, women achieve far less … education that of men. As per the Census report 2001, the literacy rate of women is 54.16 per cent and that of men is 65.38 per …
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socioeconomic factors that influence dropout of pupils given free education and any possible policy alternatives to curb dropout of … showing the profound impact Universal Primary Education has had on both access to primary education and pupil dropout. Also … the results vindicated the importance of parental education, household size and proportion of economically active …
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I examine the effects of education on health in Indonesia using an exogenous variation in education induced by an … find the longer school year increases educational attainment and wages, but I do not find evidence that education improves … health. I explore some mechanisms through which education may affect health, but education does not seem to promote healthy …
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This paper provides new evidence on the consequences of foetal exposure to high levels of pollution for the risk of stillbirth, and for the long-term health and labour market outcomes of those that survive. Variation in in utero exposure comes from a persistent weather system that affected...
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