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People's Participation in School Governance? Realities of Educational Decentralization in Nepal

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School Decentralization in the Context of Globalizing Governance

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Parajuli, M.N. (2007). People's Participation in School Governance? Realities of Educational Decentralization in Nepal. In: Daun, H. (eds) School Decentralization in the Context of Globalizing Governance. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4700-8_10

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