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The Local and the Global in Zanzibar´S Educational Policy

Implications for Children´S Rights in Education

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In 2006, Zanzibar endorsed a new Educational and Training policy that was based on an evaluation of the Zanzibar Education Master Plan for the years 1996 to 2006. The new policy is entitled “Zanzibar Basic Education Improvement Project” (ZABEIP). The background for the new policy was that Zanzibar’s educational program had achieved a number of successes but had unresolved problems in such areas as quality education, pre-primary childhood education and literacy.

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Babaci-Wilhite, Z. (2014). The Local and the Global in Zanzibar´S Educational Policy. In: Babaci-Wilhite, Z. (eds) Giving Space to African Voices. Comparative and International Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-734-6_12

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