Distance Education Examination Management in a Lowly Resourced North-Eastern Region of Zambia: A Phenomenological Approach
By: Francis Simui, Henry Chibale and Boniface Namangala
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.9.3.442 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
Language: English
Page range: 299 - 312
Submitted on: Oct 26, 2016
Accepted on: Aug 10, 2017
Published on: Jul 1, 2017
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2017 Francis Simui, Henry Chibale, Boniface Namangala, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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