TY - UNPB
T1 - Improving Students’ Learning Aspirations Beyond Post-Primary Education
T2 - A First Account of Two Non-Formal Education Programmes in Middle-Income Countries
AU - Arico, Fabio Riccardo
AU - Lasselle, Laurence
AU - Thampanishvong, Kannika
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Non-formal education programmes are active in a number of developing countries. These programmes offer vulnerable students an opportunity to pursue their education although they were excluded for various reasons from the formal education systems. This paper examines the impact of two programmes (one in Mauritius, and one in Thailand) on their participants’ aspirations towards learning. We develop a methodology to measure the perception of students regarding their learning experience. More than a third of them, for example, believe that there is no barrier to their education. Most acknowledge the role of their teachers in raising their aspirations towards their educational achievement. When compared to male students, female students seem to value more the role of their education.
AB - Non-formal education programmes are active in a number of developing countries. These programmes offer vulnerable students an opportunity to pursue their education although they were excluded for various reasons from the formal education systems. This paper examines the impact of two programmes (one in Mauritius, and one in Thailand) on their participants’ aspirations towards learning. We develop a methodology to measure the perception of students regarding their learning experience. More than a third of them, for example, believe that there is no barrier to their education. Most acknowledge the role of their teachers in raising their aspirations towards their educational achievement. When compared to male students, female students seem to value more the role of their education.
KW - non-formal education
KW - aspirations
KW - mauritius
KW - Thailand
UR - http://ideas.repec.org/p/san/wpecon/1005.html
M3 - Working paper
T3 - University of St Andrews, School of Economics and Finance, Discussion Paper
BT - Improving Students’ Learning Aspirations Beyond Post-Primary Education
PB - University of St Andrews
ER -