The association of maternal nutrition and children's pre-primary experience with over-age attendance in secondary school: evidence from lowland Nepal.
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Marphatia, Akanksha A
Wells, Jonathan CK
Reid, Alice M
Borja, Mario Cortina
Manandhar, Dharma S
Abstract
•Over-age attendance is increasing but remains under-studied in South Asia.•Children fall behind by entering pre-primary or primary late, and by repeating a grade during/after primary school.•Rural location, thin and uneducated mothers predicted late pre-primary entry.•Educational research and interventions need to focus on the earlier time-point of pre-primary.•Improving maternal nutrition and education may ensure timely progression of children in school.
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39 Education, Nutrition, Pediatric, 3 Prevention of disease and conditions, and promotion of well-being, 3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote wellbeing, Reproductive health and childbirth, 4 Quality Education
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Int J Educ Res
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0883-0355
1873-538X
1873-538X
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99
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Elsevier BV
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Leverhulme Trust (via University College London (UCL)) (0000033022)