Implications of Demographic, Religious, and Enrollment Trends for the Footprint of Faith-Based Schools Globally

Faith-based schools play an important role today in the provision of education globally. Are the schools likely to continue to play such a role in the future? If so, where is that role likely to be most prominent? This paper considers these questions on the basis of long-term demographic, religious,...

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Main Author:	Wodon, Quentin
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2019
Subjects:	PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION CATHOLIC SCHOOLS MARKET SHARE FAITH-BASED SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32774

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spelling	okr-10986-327742021-05-25T10:54:37Z Implications of Demographic, Religious, and Enrollment Trends for the Footprint of Faith-Based Schools Globally Wodon, Quentin PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION CATHOLIC SCHOOLS MARKET SHARE FAITH-BASED SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT Faith-based schools play an important role today in the provision of education globally. Are the schools likely to continue to play such a role in the future? If so, where is that role likely to be most prominent? This paper considers these questions on the basis of long-term demographic, religious, and school enrollment trends. The trends suggest that enrollment in faith-based schools will continue to grow rapidly, as has been the case over the last few decades. But there will also be a fundamental shift, with a rising concentration of students in faith-based schools located in Africa. This may have implications given the learning crisis affecting the continent. 2019-12-04T20:08:42Z 2019-12-04T20:08:42Z 2019-11-25 Journal Article The Review of Faith & International Affairs 1557-0274 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32774 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic	PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION CATHOLIC SCHOOLS MARKET SHARE FAITH-BASED SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT
spellingShingle	PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION CATHOLIC SCHOOLS MARKET SHARE FAITH-BASED SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT Wodon, Quentin Implications of Demographic, Religious, and Enrollment Trends for the Footprint of Faith-Based Schools Globally
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description	Faith-based schools play an important role today in the provision of education globally. Are the schools likely to continue to play such a role in the future? If so, where is that role likely to be most prominent? This paper considers these questions on the basis of long-term demographic, religious, and school enrollment trends. The trends suggest that enrollment in faith-based schools will continue to grow rapidly, as has been the case over the last few decades. But there will also be a fundamental shift, with a rising concentration of students in faith-based schools located in Africa. This may have implications given the learning crisis affecting the continent.
format	Journal Article
author	Wodon, Quentin
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title	Implications of Demographic, Religious, and Enrollment Trends for the Footprint of Faith-Based Schools Globally
title_short	Implications of Demographic, Religious, and Enrollment Trends for the Footprint of Faith-Based Schools Globally
title_full	Implications of Demographic, Religious, and Enrollment Trends for the Footprint of Faith-Based Schools Globally
title_fullStr	Implications of Demographic, Religious, and Enrollment Trends for the Footprint of Faith-Based Schools Globally
title_full_unstemmed	Implications of Demographic, Religious, and Enrollment Trends for the Footprint of Faith-Based Schools Globally
title_sort	implications of demographic, religious, and enrollment trends for the footprint of faith-based schools globally
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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Implications of Demographic, Religious, and Enrollment Trends for the Footprint of Faith-Based Schools Globally

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