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ERIC Number: EJ265018
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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Capitalist Development and the Educational Role of Nigerian Apprenticeship.
Allen, Rob
Comparative Education, v18 n2 p123-37 1982
A 1977 survey of over 100 males in small-scale enterprises in Zaria (Nigeria) shows both formal education and apprenticeship are mechanisms distributing economic benefits. By avoiding viewing the informal sector of the economy as distinct and separate, apprenticeship becomes an extension of the formal educational system. (LC)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Craft Workers, Economic Opportunities, Economics, Educational Status Comparison, Elementary Education, Ethnic Origins, Fees, Foreign Countries, Informal Organization, Labor Conditions, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Formal Education; Nigeria (Zaria); Small Businesses