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Educational performance in Mozambique : an economic perspective
Thesis (MComm (Economics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.
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| author | Bilale, Fernando Jorge Castanheira |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/1961 Educational performance in Mozambique : an economic perspective Bilale, Fernando Jorge Castanheira Van der Berg, Servaas University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. of Economics. Dissertations -- Economics Theses -- Economics Education -- Economic aspects -- Mozambique. Education -- Mozambique -- Evaluation Academic achievement -- Mozambique Thesis (MComm (Economics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. The aim of this study was to analyse educational performance in Mozambique by 1) comparing the determinants of education in developing countries with the situation in country, 2) understanding the supply factors that influence enrolments and education attainment, 3) evaluating the efficiency of the current education system, 4) analysing the importance to education of each of the demand determinants and of school quality on education attainment, and 5) contributing information to assist policy makers with decisions regarding education. Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world. More than half of the population lives below the poverty line and the general adult literacy is only 54%. The education system is mainly characterized by weak performance as a whole, high grade repetition, high dropout rates, low survival rates, high pupil-teacher ratios and a low percentage of qualified teachers. In addition to this, there is a great deal of inequality in education achievement by province, place of residence, income group and gender. After this preliminary analysis, chapter II (literature review) highlighted critical inputs and served as a guideline for the following chapters of this study. The dimensions analysed in the followed chapters were: 1) Supply Factors, 2) Demand determinants and 3) School Quality. Chapter III therefore consisted of a descriptive analysis of the most important supply ... Masters 2007-10-31T08:30:57Z 2010-06-01T08:37:31Z 2007-10-31T08:30:57Z 2010-06-01T08:37:31Z 2007-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1961 en_ZA University of Stellenbosch 799474 bytes application/pdf application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Dissertations -- Economics Theses -- Economics Education -- Economic aspects -- Mozambique. Education -- Mozambique -- Evaluation Academic achievement -- Mozambique Bilale, Fernando Jorge Castanheira Educational performance in Mozambique : an economic perspective |
| title | Educational performance in Mozambique : an economic perspective |
| title_full | Educational performance in Mozambique : an economic perspective |
| title_fullStr | Educational performance in Mozambique : an economic perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Educational performance in Mozambique : an economic perspective |
| title_short | Educational performance in Mozambique : an economic perspective |
| title_sort | educational performance in mozambique an economic perspective |
| topic | Dissertations -- Economics Theses -- Economics Education -- Economic aspects -- Mozambique. Education -- Mozambique -- Evaluation Academic achievement -- Mozambique |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1961 |
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