There is an imperative need to change the education pattern to achieve universal primary education in India. Even after … 60 years of Independence, India faces obstacles in providing Education For All. This study was conducted in a primary …

The Right to Education (RTE) Act came into effect on 1st April 2010 in India, which ensures free and compulsory … education to every child between the ages 6-14 years. India is currently having 8.1 million eligible students who are dropouts … dropout rate in primary as well as upper-primary education. This paper sheds some light on the issues of dropout in primary …

Women constitute almost half of the population of the world. Education for women is the best way to improve the health … that lack of woman education can be an impediment to the country’s economic development. In India, women achieve far less … education that of men. As per the Census report 2001, the literacy rate of women is 54.16 per cent and that of men is 65.38 per …

socioeconomic factors that influence dropout of pupils given free education and any possible policy alternatives to curb dropout of … showing the profound impact Universal Primary Education has had on both access to primary education and pupil dropout. Also … the results vindicated the importance of parental education, household size and proportion of economically active …

I examine the effects of education on health in Indonesia using an exogenous variation in education induced by an … find the longer school year increases educational attainment and wages, but I do not find evidence that education improves … health. I explore some mechanisms through which education may affect health, but education does not seem to promote healthy …

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 …