Achieving schooling for all in Africa : costs, commitment and gender /

• Colclough, Christopher

• Education -- Aims and objectives -- Africa.
• Education -- Social aspects -- Africa
• Basic education -- Africa.

• Ashgate,

• 0754638073

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Poverty, schooling and gender: some theoretical issues; causes of enrolment outcomes - costs versus commitment; the gender gap in primary enrolments - a cross-country analysis; costs versus commitment in nine countries; gender disparities in schooling: causes and constraints; policies to achieve schooling for all; can aid to African schooling be expected to close the financial and policy gaps?; what have we learned?.

• Education and society in Africa
• Economic development
• Fundamentals of educational research
• Research methods in education
• Doing your research project a guide for first time researchers in education health and social science
• Doing your research project a guide for first time researchers in education and social science
• Real world research a resource for social scientists and practitioner researchers