Language and student learning: Evidence from an ethnographic study in Mozambique
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Education; Education policy; Implementation; Ethnography; Mozambique;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2023-06-12 (Education)
- NEP-URE-2023-06-12 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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