Secondary Education in Ghana: Private Enterprise and Social Selection.

Bibby, John; Peil, Margaret

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Publication Date: 1974

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Secondary Education in Ghana: Private Enterprise and Social Selection

Bibby, John; Peil, Margaret

Sociology of Education, 47, 3, 399-418, Sum 74

Evidence from Ghana is presented to show the possibility of downward mobility of elite children through lack of success in a selective educational system and the ability of children from lower status homes to use this system to overcome their initial disadvantages. (Author)

Descriptors: Comparative Education, Competitive Selection, Data Analysis, Educational Opportunities, Social Mobility, Social Status, Success

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