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Education Policy

Institutional attributes and parents’ contentment with the quality of teaching, care, and safety of pupils in public primary schools

Onyinye Chuktua Institute of Education, University of Calabar, Calabar, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7160-9943View further author information
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Valentine J. Owanb Department of Educational Foundations, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria;c Ultimate Research Network (URN), Calabar, NigeriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kingsley B. Abangb Department of Educational Foundations, University of Calabar, Calabar, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-9198View further author information
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Delight O. Idikaa Institute of Education, University of Calabar, Calabar, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9309-7929View further author information
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Effiom E. Ekpod Institute of Public Policy and Administration, University of Calabar, Calabar, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5564-8424View further author information
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Felicia A.-O. Danf Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, University of Calabar, Calabar, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8091-8377View further author information
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Richard A. Ojinib Department of Educational Foundations, University of Calabar, Calabar, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2658-5513View further author information
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Maria O. Sundayb Department of Educational Foundations, University of Calabar, Calabar, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6704-2967View further author information
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Augustine I. Robertg Department of Social Science Education, University of Calabar, Calabar, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-8264View further author information
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Article: 2295167 | Received 27 Apr 2023, Accepted 08 Dec 2023, Published online: 15 Jan 2024

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