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Direct linkGeo-Jaja, Macleans A. – International Review of Education, 2004
Arguing that the politicisation of decentralisation appreciably reduces educational quality and efficient resource allocation and negatively affects matters of equity in and delivery of education, the present study provides a critique of decentralisation and privatisation in education in Africa with special reference to Nigeria. On the basis of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Privatization, Educational Quality, Resource Allocation
Download full textNaidoo, Jordan P. – 2002
Education decentralization efforts are examined in six primarily rural, sub-Saharan African countries--Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Stated reasons do not always reflect the real underlying rationales for decentralization. Education decentralization that is publicly advocated to improve service delivery and local…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Decentralization, Democracy, Developing Nations
Morsy, Zaghloul, Ed.; Altbach, Philip G., Ed. – 1996
This collection of 17 essays focuses on trends and issues in higher education from an international perspective. It includes: (1) "Introduction" (Zaghloul Morsy); (2) "The Idea of the University: Changing Roles, Current Crisis, and Future Challenges" (Torsten Husen); (3) "Patterns in Higher Education Development: Towards…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Colleges, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
