English education and the perpetuation of girls' inequality: parental investment and gender aspirations in Nepal
Journal article, 2023

This article provides evidence that the recent trend to offer English-medium education risks setting back the progress made in girls» participation in Secondary Education in low and middle income countries. Drawing on evidence from a dual-medium secondary school in Nepal, the article finds that parents are more likely to send their sons than their daughters to a more expensive English-medium schooling. We consider the reasons for these parental choices as well as their implications for gender equality and the inclusion of girls in secondary education.

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Anna Kristina Hultgren

Open University

Anu Upadhaya

Simon Fraser University

Lauren O'Hagan

Örebro University

Open University

Peter Wingrove

Open University

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Freda Wolfenden

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0210-0630 (ISSN) 2386-6322 (eISSN)

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Pedagogy

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