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Education and Youth in Post-Independent Eritrea - An Analytical Study


Prof. Ravinder Rena


University of the Western Cape; Polytechnic of Namibia; Papua New Guinea University of Technology

December 25, 2006

African Symposium, Vol. 6, Nos. 3 & 4, pp. 85-94, September/December 2006

Abstract:     
The efficiency of any education and training system is often judged by how well this system prepares the youth for gainful employment and thus bring a positive social and economic change. The students in Eritrea need to acquire appropriate knowledge and skills as part of their education and training. The paper mainly deals with the areas of education and economic development, education and youth. In addition, it also highlights some of the problems and challenges of education in post-independent Eritrea. The methodology used in this paper is essentially a descriptive analysis of data obtained from secondary sources, mainly government and Ministry of Education documents, survey reports, research articles, books and other published, and unpublished, materials on Eritrea.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 9

Keywords: Education, Youth, Eritrea, Social change and Development, Human capital

JEL Classification: A23, E2, I21, I22, I23, I28

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Date posted: October 27, 2008 ; Last revised: January 6, 2009

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Rena, Prof. Ravinder, Education and Youth in Post-Independent Eritrea - An Analytical Study (December 25, 2006). African Symposium, Vol. 6, Nos. 3 & 4, pp. 85-94, September/December 2006. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1289005 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1289005

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Ravinder Rena (Contact Author)
University of the Western Cape ( email )
Private Bag X 17
Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Scie
Bellville, Western Cape 7535
South Africa
0027219593624 (Phone)
0027219593201 (Fax)
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Polytechnic of Namibia ( email )
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Windhoek, Khomas 13388
Namibia
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Papua New Guinea University of Technology ( email )
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Lae, Morobe 411
Papua New Guinea
HOME PAGE: http://www.unitech.ac.pg
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