‘Making fundamental curricular changes and improvements is not something that can be achieved by a manifesto and a flick of the wrist’. Phillip Coombs (1985, p. 116)
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Tilak, J.B.G. Vocational education in south Asia: Problems and prospects. Int Rev Educ 34, 244–257 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01874549
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