School drop-outs and imprisoned youths
SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2008
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.Panday, F.Arends
KEYWORDS: EDUCATION, PRISONS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, YOUTH
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/March-2008/drop-outs
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 5201
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5482
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5482
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2008
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.Panday, F.Arends
KEYWORDS: EDUCATION, PRISONS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, YOUTH
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/March-2008/drop-outs
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 5201
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5482
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5482
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Abstract
Young people equate life as a 'drop-out' to living in a prison, writes SAADHNA PANDAY and FABIAN ARENDS, following discussions held on learner retention at the fourth round table of the Youth Policy Initiative (YPI) an HSRC project to highlight key challenges facing young people and finding possible solutions.-
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