Can Vocational Programmes Change Use and Exchange Value Attributions of School Leavers: A Kenyan Case Study?.

Saunders, Murray; Sambili, Helen

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ERIC Number: EJ514334

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Publication Date: 1995

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Can Vocational Programmes Change Use and Exchange Value Attributions of School Leavers: A Kenyan Case Study?

Saunders, Murray; Sambili, Helen

Educational Review, v47 n3 p319-31 Nov 1995

A survey of Kenyan school leavers (200 responses) and 34 interviews show that the exchange value of school-leaving exams is predominant and the use value of vocational programs has little impact. Apparently, 80% of school effort has actual exchange value for only 20% of school leavers, whereas 20% of effort directed at self-employment has potential use value to 80% of school leavers. (SK)

Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Economics, Foreign Countries, Marxian Analysis, Self Employment, Vocational Education

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Kenya

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