WORLD EDUCATION
ENCYCLOPEDIA

A SURVEY OF EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE

2ND EDITION

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Editor: Rebecca Marlow-Ferguson

Associate Editor: Chris Lopez

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

World education encyclopedia: a survey of educational systems worldwide / Rebecca Marlow-Ferguson, editor and project coordinator; Chris Lopez, associate editor.—2nd ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: v.1 Afghanistan-Hungary — v.2 Iceland-Rwanda — v.3 Saint Helena-Zimbabwe.

ISBN 0-7876-5577-5 (set: hardcover: alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7876-5578-3 (v.1) —

ISBN 0-7876-5579-1 (v.2) — ISBN 0-7876-5580-5 (v.3)

1. Education—Encyclopedias. I. Marlow-Ferguson, Rebecca. II. Lopez, Chris, 1967-

LB15.W87 2001
370'.3-dc21

2001033159

ISBN 0-7876-5577-5 (Set)

ISBN 0-7876-5578-3 (Volume One)

ISBN 0-7876-5579-1 (Volume Two)

ISBN 0-7876-5580-5 (Volume Three)

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