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How Free is Free Education? The Cost of Education on Lusaka

dc.contributor.authorPetrauskis, Chris
dc.contributor.authorNkunika, Sheila
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-19T08:59:07Z
dc.date.available2021-01-19T08:59:07Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationPetrauskis, C & Nkunika, S.(2006). How free is free education? the cost of education in Zambia. Lusaka. Zambia; Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR).en
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.jctr.org.zm/handle/20.500.14274/231
dc.descriptionThe study looks at the cost that are incurred in the process of education in the primary part of zambia's education and the many hidden costs in them that are not seen at first glance since education in primary schools has been said to be free.en
dc.description.abstractThis policy brief from Jesuit Centre for theological Reflection (JCTR)serves to present the results of a recent study of Lusaka parents, teachers and headmasters about the cost, accessibility and quality of education in Zambia. this study resulted from may alarming stories from poor Lusaka household about the myth of free education in Zambia, with so many hidden costs maintaining it's unaffordable nature. And therefore, in may ways this report serves as an independent evaluation of the implementation of free education in Zambia. Though the finding of this study focus mainly on primary schools in one city, Lusaka, the insight of parents provide a glimpse of the prevailing situation across the nation, across all types and levels of schools.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJesuit Centre for Theological Reflectionen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectFree educationen
dc.subjectThe cost of educationen
dc.subjectSocial justiceen
dc.titleHow Free is Free Education? The Cost of Education on Lusakaen
dc.title.alternativeSecond quarter 2006en
dc.typeResearch Paperen


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