Post-Elementary Education, Poverty and Development in India

Autor/in	Tilak, Jandhyala B. G.
Titel	Post-Elementary Education, Poverty and Development in India
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Development, 27 (2007) 4, S.435-445 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0738-0593
DOI	10.1016/j.ijedudev.2006.09.018
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Primary Education; Poverty; Infant Mortality; Economic Progress; Higher Education; Outcomes of Education; Literacy; Secondary Education; Developing Nations; Role of Education; Mortality Rate; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Primarbereich; Armut; Kindersterblichkeit; Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Sekundarbereich; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Bildungsauftrag; Mortalitätsrate; Indien
Abstract	There is a general presumption among many policy makers that secondary and higher education is not necessary for economic growth and development. On the other hand, it is literacy and primary education that is argued to be important. Estimates on internal rate of return also contributed to strengthening of such a presumption. Accordingly, secondary and higher education do not figure on the poverty reduction agenda of many poor countries and of the international aid organisations. The Indian experience also testifies to all this. Secondary and more strikingly higher education has been subject to neglect by the government. Using most recent statistics, it is attempted here to show that the general presumption on the weak or negligible role of secondary and higher education in development is not valid and that post-elementary education is important for reduction in poverty, in improving infant mortality and life expectancy, and for economic growth. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10