Publication: An African Exploration of the East Asian Education Experience
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2008
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2012-05-25
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Fredriksen, Birger
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Contents of the report are as follows: East Asia education study tour: an overview of key insights by Birger Fredriksen, and Tan Jee Peng. Education in Africa: knowledge makes the difference by Mamadou Ndoye. Education in Singapore: developments since 1965 by Goh Chor Boon, and S. Gopinathan. Education in Vietnam: development history, challenges, and solutions by Nguyen Quang Kinh, and Nguyen Quoc Chi. Education in the Republic of Korea: approaches, achievements, and current challenges by Chong Jae Lee. Education in Thailand: improving secondary education by Luis Benveniste. Education in Ireland: evolution of economic and education policies since the early 1990s by Daniel O' Hare.
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“Fredriksen, Birger; Tan, Jee Peng. 2008. An African Exploration of the East Asian Education Experience. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6424 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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