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McGhie, Venicia – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
The South African higher education sector is faced with high attrition and low retention rates. Studies conducted by the Council on Higher Education in South Africa have found that 50% of black students who access university study drop out, and the majority of dropouts occurred in the first year of study. While these studies revealed what the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropouts, Academic Persistence, Blacks
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Karam, Fares J.; Monaghan, Christine; Yoder, Paul J. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2017
This case study, conducted collaboratively between education scholars and education practitioners, describes and analyses the ways in which Syrian refugee teachers and an NGO are developing and implementing non-formal education (NFE) programming in three refugee settlements in Lebanon. Utilising the INEE Minimum Standards for Education in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Refugees, Teachers
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Onyefulu, Cynthia; Williams-Shakespeare, Eraldine; Thomas-James, Anita – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to find out what student teachers and beginning teachers from a teacher training institution knew about Education for All (EFA). The study was guided by three research questions. Two null hypotheses were tested. The participants (student teachers and beginning teachers) were from a teacher training institution in…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Equal Education, Access to Education
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Tekle, Tesfu; Njihia, Mukirae; Ogeta, Norbert; Habtu, Michael – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Background: Education in Eritrea is a fundamental right of every person. Therefore, ensuring equal and equitable educational opportunities for every citizen is essential for upward mobility. However, enrolment in areas inhabited by the nomadic groups is far less from the national average. To boost enrolment among the nomads and to meet the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Middle Schools, Access to Education