Access and Equity in Basic Education

Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity Financing Basic Education in Bangladesh

“Excellence” and “equity”: key elements in medical education

In Iran, similar to most countries, medicineis a prestigious and high income profession.Moreover, traditionally “best and the brightest”candidates have been considered suitable toenter medical schools. In fact, the excellencyof the applicants has been measured in a highlycompetitive national competition, by a multiplechoice knowledge test of high school materials.Accordingly, the national exam ...

Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity NGO Provision of Basic Education: Alternative or Complementary Service Delivery to Support Access to the Excluded?

The Consortium for Educational Access, Transitions and Equity (CREATE) is a Research Programme Consortium supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). Its purpose is to undertake research designed to improve access to basic education in developing countries. It seeks to achieve this through generating new knowledge and encouraging its application through effective commun...

Rules vs. Discretion: Public and Private Funding in Zambian Basic Education Part I: Funding Equity

Basic sciences curriculum in medical education

Introduction: Traditional methods are generally used for teaching basic science courses at Shiraz Medical School. Such courses are taught during the first and second years of a seven-year medical program. The goal of this study was to analyze teachers and students’ perceptions of basic science teaching in medical education.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the colleg...