Multilingual education in Ethiopia: what assessment shows about what works and what doesn't
SOURCE: Multilingual education works: from the periphery to the centre
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2010
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Heugh, C.Benson, M.A.G.Yohannes, B.Bogale
SOURCE EDITOR(S): K.Heugh, T.Skutnabb-Kangas
KEYWORDS: EDUCATION, ETHIOPIA, GRADE 8, MULTILINGUALISM
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6817
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3802
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3802
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2010
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Heugh, C.Benson, M.A.G.Yohannes, B.Bogale
SOURCE EDITOR(S): K.Heugh, T.Skutnabb-Kangas
KEYWORDS: EDUCATION, ETHIOPIA, GRADE 8, MULTILINGUALISM
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6817
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3802
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3802
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Abstract
This chapter examines the system-wide assessment data of grade 8 students in 2000. The focus was on collecting new data from the field.-
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