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Trudell, Barbara – Comparative Education, 2016
In 2014, UNICEF commissioned a review of language policy and education quality in the 21 countries of UNICEF's Eastern and Southern Africa Region. This paper examines findings from the review, related to the role of English and local languages in current education practice in the region. National language policies and implementation practices are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Educational Practices, Educational Policy
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Erling, Elizabeth J.; Adinolfi, Lina; Hultgren, Anna Kristina; Buckler, Alison; Mukorera, Mark – Comparative Education, 2016
This paper reports on a rigorous literature review of research into medium of instruction in Ghana and India, whose language-in-education policies represent two contrasting models of use of local languages and the development of competence in English. The paper begins by briefly overviewing the language-in-education policy in these two countries…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews
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Soltys, Dennis – Comparative Education, 2015
This qualitative analysis describes the socialist legacy in the governance of higher education within the former Soviet-led member countries that entered the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) between 2001 and 2010. In joining the EHEA these countries signed on for the Bologna Process (BP), but are not members of the European Union. The…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Social Systems, Governance, Higher Education