Education and transformations in the transition(s) to adulthood in Ghana, Kenya, India and Pakistan – Part 1

Prof. Roger Jefffery, University of Edinburgh Adulthood is usually defined in terms of a series of markers: leaving school, starting a first job, leaving the parental home, forming a first union, marrying and having a first child, becoming a citizen. Such approaches draw on the idea that young people make one transition to what is [...]

Education and transformations in the transition(s) to adulthood in Ghana, Kenya, India and Pakistan – Part 3

Prof. Madeleine Arnot, University of Cambridge more about “Education and Transformation in trans…“, posted with vodpod

Education and transformations in the transition(s) to adulthood in Ghana, Kenya, India and Pakistan – Part 2

Prof. Madeleine Arnot, University of Cambridge more about “Education and Transformation in trans…“, posted with vodpod  

Being young, Kenyan and gendered: the outcomes of schooling and transitions to adulthood in poor urban and rural settings

Fatuma Chege, Kenyatta University, Kenya This paper foregrounds the experiences of schooling among young female and male Kenyan youth aged between 18 and 25 years living in conditions of relative material poverty in urban and rural communities. Using qualitative data–from interviews, household activity triggers and photo-data – the study demonstrates how young men and women [...]