Education for development or underdevelopment? Guyana's educational system and its implications for the Third World
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| dc.contributor.author | Bacchus, M. Kazim | |
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| dc.coverage.spatial | Ontario, Canada | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-18T17:53:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-18T17:53:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1980 | |
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| dc.description.abstract | The Government of Guyana undertook several reforms of its education system in the hope of stimulating economic development, but with unexpected results. After examining a number of schools, the study describes the political, social, and economic background and attempts to draw some conclusions of benefit to other developing countries. The chapter devoted to secondary education deals particularly with the measures adopted to satisfy the growing demand for diversified secondary education for all, assistance to private secondary education, reforms and modifications to the curricula, as well as the economic outcomes | |
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| dc.extent | xvii, 302 p | |
| dc.identifier.other | 726 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/52827 | |
| dc.publisher | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | McGill University. Centre for Developing Area Studies. Development Perspectives | |
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| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2 | |
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| dc.source.uri | School of Education Library, UWISA - WI RES LA576 B116 | |
| dc.subject.other | Educational development | |
| dc.title | Education for development or underdevelopment? Guyana's educational system and its implications for the Third World | |
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