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ERIC Number: EJ395651
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Inefficiency in Education: The Case of Mali.
Hough, J. R.
Comparative Education, v25 n1 p77-85 1989
Reviews the dismal state of Mali's educational system: extreme poverty, 95 percent adult illiteracy, low school enrollment rates, inefficiency, poor quality and inappropriate curricula at all educational levels, exclusive use of French, and top-heavy higher education that burdens the state and produces unemployed graduates. (SV)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Economics, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Poverty, Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Francophone Africa; Mali