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Autor/in | Minnis, John R. |
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Titel | Nonformal Education and Informal Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Finding the Right Match |
Quelle | In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 56 (2006) 2, S.119-133 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0741-7136 |
DOI | 10.1177/0741713605283432 |
Schlagwörter | Foreign Countries; Credentials; Population Growth; Nonformal Education; Labor; Economic Progress; Human Capital; Rural Population; Adult Education; Dropouts; Outcomes of Education; Labor Market; Educational Policy; Africa Ausland; Studienbuch; Population increase; Bevölkerungswachstum; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Humankapital; Landbevölkerung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Afrika |
Abstract | Education policy in sub-Saharan Africa is predicated on human capital assumptions and therefore promotes the expansion of formal education as a way to promote economic growth. As a result, formal education is valued primarily as a private consumer good, a form of cultural capital that allows some to get ahead and stay ahead, rather than as a public good that also benefits the overall society. In the absence of vibrant industrial labor markets, job prospects for school leavers are poor, which places an inflated premium on educational credentials. The collapse of formal economies combined with high population growth rates suggests that higher social rates of return might accrue from more investments in nonformal adult education aimed at improving the skills and labor productivity of rural populations. (Author). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/4/10 |