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Education plays an important role in the economic and social development of countries. Myriad studies show that … education is one of the best ways to offer increased socioeconomic opportunities, social mobility and wages. Not only is … universal education important but more significant is the quality of the education. In an attempt to offer higher …
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This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years—which increased the 8th grade completion rate for women by 30 percentage points—on marriage and birth outcomes of teenage women in Turkey. We find that increased compulsory schooling years...
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Education is the basic requirement and the ‘Fundamental Right’ of the citizens of a nation. Elementary Education system … all children under coverage of Elementary Education, which sadly has not been possible yet in India. Policy makers have … responded through various programs – two latest examples of which are the Sarva Shikhsa Mission and the Right to Education Bill …
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Education is the basic requirement and the ‘Fundamental Right' of the citizens of a nation. While Higher Education is … important, the Elementary Education system serves as the base over which the Super-structure of the whole education system is … qualitative aspects of School Education System in India in recent years. It is observed that complete Literacy has not been …
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Education is an important pillar in the national economic development. It contributes to economic growth in varied … education plays a key role in the development after independence. This paper discusses educational growth and development in …
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. The data for the study were mainly collected from the reports of Ministry of Education and other colleges in Eritrea. The …
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This paper evaluates the impact of the Chilean government's nancial aid on college and vocational education enrollment … over 30%. In the case of vocational education, we found that being pre-selected for college nancial aid decreases the … education over vocational education when they have nancial aid for both. Theoretical conclusion and public policy …
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difficult. I exploit the within school cohort variation in ethnic diversity of a rich data-set about primary education in the …
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As part of the Country Programme preparation activities, a rapid assessment on child labour and education was … undertaken with a specific interest in the programme implications for IPEC. This study looked at child labour and education … issues, not only to understand child labour, but also to understand its implications for the design of education policies and …
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While assessing the status of the schooling infrastructure, the evaluation at the aggregate level (at the national or state level) always conceals the geographical spread across sub-regions, and therefore ignores regional disparities. The laggard regions always bring down the overall performance...
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