One-half of the world's population lives in cities and towns; this is expected to increase to 70% by 2050. One in three urban dwellers lives in slums. As the urban population grows, so does the number of urban poor. Out of a billion children living in urban areas, approximately 300 million are suffering from exclusion or are at risk of exclusion. Urban poor children are devoid of basic rights o...

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background: considering the importance of entering doctoral students to universities with hard competition, in order to detect the predictive power of entrance exam grade in educational achievement in early years, we attempted to investigate the efficacy of entrance exam with basic scientific test. methods: the existing data from national organization for education testing and education center ...

This perspective paper draws on the interest in ensuring that students who enter primary teacher training programs have a solid background knowledge of mathematics. We describe access criteria and requirements for admission to education degree at Universidad de Alicante Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Spain, University Helsinki, Finland. present results an evaluation mathematical bring their as...

BACKGROUND Entrance examination (admission test) is the most important and widely accepted method of student selection for admission into medical schools in Nepal. For many schools it is the only criterion of student selection. OBJECTIVES To examine relationships of scores obtained in schooling (grade 10 and 12), medical entrance and MBBS professional examinations in a cohort to identify pred...

This study situates how shadow education has become more visible in Turkey after an educational policy change 2014 that regulated the closure of private tutoring centers – dershanes - and their transformation into a new type school called Basic High School Temel Lise. In this multiple-case study, we interviewed stakeholders observed various processes such as classes recitation hours at five Sch...