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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#000000">Boughton,
B. (2011). Timor-Leste: Building a post-conflict education system. In
L. Symaco & C. Brock (Eds.),<i> Aspects of Education in South-East
Asia</i> (pp. 177-196). Oxford: Symposium Books.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Cambria" size="+1" color="#000000">Timor-Leste, South
East Asia's newest nation, achieved its independence in 2002, after
five hundred years of colonial occupation, and a brief period of
direct United Nations rule. Its population of only one million people
remain among the poorest in the region, though this is set to change
in coming years as a result of revenue flowing into the state budget
from its newly-won off-shore oil reserves. The first independence
government which was led by FRETILIN, the party which had launched the
liberation struggle in 1974, was committed to a rapid expansion of
education and health services, and significant progress has been made,
particularly in primary schooling and adult literacy. A major
political crisis in 2006-07 revealed the ongoing differences between
elements of the old Resistance, the Catholic Church and the
international donors, and, while stability has returned to the
country, the legacies of colonialism and war are expected to have a
major impact on the emerging education system in the foreseeable
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<div>-- <br>
Dr. Bob Boughton<br>
Associate Professor, Adult Education & Training<br>
School of Education<br>
University of New England<br>
Armidale NSW 2351, Australia<br>
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phone:<x-tab> </x-tab>+61 2
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email: bob.boughton@une.edu.au<br>
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