Outline two ways in which the organisation of schooling may be ethnocentric (4 marks)

  1. Holidays in school reflect Christian festivals (such as Christmas and Easter) rather than other faiths (Eid, Hannukah)
    2) languages - school curriculum offer European languages devaluing languages of some minorities.
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