Date of Award

1-1-2015

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Educational Policy and Leadership

Content Description

1 online resource (xiii, 235 pages) : illustrations

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Aaron Benavot

Committee Members

Kathryn Schiller, Amita Chudgar, Nasim Ayaz

Keywords

Conflict, Finance, Learning Outcomes, Parent Teacher Councils, Reform, Retention, Education, Primary, School enrollment, Sex differences in education

Subject Categories

Education Economics | Education Policy | Elementary Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of school-level factors (physical resources, teachers’ and schools’ characteristics) and system-level factors (delegation of financial authority to public primary schools through Parent Teacher Councils (PTCs)) on two educational outcomes - retention rates to the last grade of primary school and learning outcomes - in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, one of the least‐developed and conflict-affected provinces in Pakistan.

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