Education for development or underdevelopment? : Guyana's educational system and it's implications for the Third World / M.K. Bacchus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacchus, M. K.

Series:

Development perspectives ; 2.

Development perspectives ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School management and organization--Guyana.

School management and organization.

Developing countries--Education.

Developing countries.

Guyana--Economic conditions.

Guyana.

Guyana--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont., Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How critical is education in the development struggle of a third world country? Responding to popular demands for more accessible education, the Guyanese government instituted numerous educational reforms, hoping to promote economic growth in both the modern and the traditional sectors of the economy. Many in the traditional sector, however, saw education as a means of economic advancement, and sought increasingly to move into higher social strata through employment in the modern sector. Consequently, the civil service and private firms gained an oversupply of personnel, while agriculture

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Charts; Preface; 1. Historical Introduction to Guyanese Society; 2. Post-1945 Developments in Guyana; 3. Primary Education; 4. Teacher Education; 5. Secondary Education; 6. Post-Secondary and Technical Education; 7. Expenditure on Education; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Persons

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliography and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780889203853

0889203857

9780889208902

0889208905

OCLC:

753479457