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ERIC Number: EJ152691
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Why Students Fail in Masomo, Zaire
Studstill, John D.
Journal of Research and Development in Education, 9, 4, 124-36, Sum 76
Zaire has one of the highest attrition rates in Africa--about 90 percent of the students who begin seventh grade never receive twelfth grade diplomas. This study demonstrates that administration policy and social environment of schools, as well as student ability and performance, may account for high failure rate. (RW)
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Developing Nations, Educational Demand, Educational Supply, Enrollment Influences, Failure, School Districts, School Organization, Social Mobility
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Identifiers: Zaire