The Aftermath of Failure: Experiences of Primary School-Leavers in Rural Zambia

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Title:	The Aftermath of Failure: Experiences of Primary School-Leavers in Rural Zambia
Author:	Hoppers, Wim
Year:	1980
Periodical:	African Social Research
Issue:	29
Period:	June
Pages:	709-739
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Zambia
Subjects:	school leavers Labor and Employment Education and Oral Traditions
Abstract:	Research concentrating on a particular area in Zambia (Mwinilunga district) and study of the 'school-leaver problem' in some depth made it possible to a) conduct a diachronic study, following a sample of Grade 7 pupils through until several years after leaving school, and b) study at a micro level the interacting influences of geographical, social, econimic and educational factors. In this way a more comprehensive picture was obtained of pupils in a rural setting as well as their situation after leaving school. More generally, it offered valuable opportunity for gaining insight into the functioning of education in a specific rural environment. In this paper: first a general indication of the opportunities for further education or empolyment opn to Grade 7 leavers, and then an analysis of what happened to a sample of 126 pupils in Mwinilunga, who sat for their examination in November 1974. Notes, tab., map.