Education in Africa
By: Suzanne Grant Lewis
Series: Africa: progress and problems; Africa, progress & problems
Publisher: Mason Crest
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781422229385; 9781422288832; 9781422229347
Subjects: Education
Description: Examines the current state of education in Africa, discussing the effect that the continent's poverty has on funding schools and explaining the persistence of educational inequalities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-119) and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview: the promise of education in Africa; title: Educational participation in Africa and the world; title: Historical roots of contemporary education; title: Post-independence educational expansion; title: Education financing challenges; title: Push for democratic participation in education; title: Persisting inequalities; title: New challenges; title: The future of education in Africa.