problem 1:

a) What do you understand by the term gender inequality?

b) Describe the relevance of the multiple dimensions of gender equality in education.

c) Why is it significant to factor in gender inequality when planning education in the emergent world?

problem 2: Globalization has given rise to a new discourse of the educational policy. Basing yourself on the message systems put forward by Basil Bernstein; describe the relevance of this statement.

problem 3:

a) What do you understand by the word policy making?

b) Describe at least four different processes or methods comprised in generating policy options.

problem 4: What do you understand by democratization of education, and how well has it been accomplished in post colonial Mauritius?

problem 5:

a) What are the dominant epistemologies, and which others have been rejected or neglected? Why have the dominant ones prevailed?

b) How does the South benefit and suffer from an adherence to dominant the epistemologies?

problem 6: Describe the characteristics, benefits and drawbacks of small states and also their implications for educational administration.