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Title:Postprimary Schools in the Context of Urbanization: Case Studies of School-Town Relations in Northern Nigeria
Author:Urwick, James
Year:1982
Periodical:African Urban Studies
Volume:14
Period:Fall
Pages:33-50
Language:English
Geographic terms:Northern Nigeria
Nigeria
Subjects:rural development
urbanization
secondary education
Education and Oral Traditions
Urbanization and Migration
Abstract:Examination of the ways in which school development and urban development in Africa interact, based on evidence from two case studies of the relations between a school and the town in which it is located in Sokoto State, Nigeria. Popular beliefs that it is desirable for postprimary schools to have rural locations are: 1) a rural location encourages a type of socialization 'relevant' to the needs of rural development, 2) the very isolation of a rural location helps the school accomplish its basic, educational tasks, 3) a rural location is desirable as a stimulus to the local economy. The evidence suggests that these beliefs are to a large extent fallacious. Notes.
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