Higher education key to achieving MDG
SOME 30 million children reportedly do not receive basic training in reading, writing and arithmetic in Commonwealth countries. New Zealand, for example, is at one end of the scale with 80 per cent of its student population in higher education, while Sierra Leone is at the other extreme, with a m...
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| description | SOME 30 million children reportedly do not receive basic training in reading, writing and arithmetic in
Commonwealth countries.
New Zealand, for example, is at one end of the scale with 80 per cent of its student population in higher
education, while Sierra Leone is at the other extreme, with a mere two per cent.
The role of higher education in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is a priority, says
Commonwealth SecretaryGeneral
Kamalesh Sharma. |
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| spelling | usm-326482017-03-31T00:58:33Z http://eprints.usm.my/32648/ Higher education key to achieving MDG Abd Razak, Dzulkifli L7-991 Education (General) SOME 30 million children reportedly do not receive basic training in reading, writing and arithmetic in Commonwealth countries. New Zealand, for example, is at one end of the scale with 80 per cent of its student population in higher education, while Sierra Leone is at the other extreme, with a mere two per cent. The role of higher education in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is a priority, says Commonwealth SecretaryGeneral Kamalesh Sharma. 2010-05-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32648/1/DZUL75.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2010) Higher education key to achieving MDG. New Sunday Times. |
| spellingShingle | L7-991 Education (General) Abd Razak, Dzulkifli Higher education key to achieving MDG |
| title | Higher education key to achieving MDG |
| title_full | Higher education key to achieving MDG |
| title_fullStr | Higher education key to achieving MDG |
| title_full_unstemmed | Higher education key to achieving MDG |
| title_short | Higher education key to achieving MDG |
| title_sort | higher education key to achieving mdg |
| topic | L7-991 Education (General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/32648/ http://eprints.usm.my/32648/1/DZUL75.pdf |