Attempt is made to review study on “A comparative survey of Commonwealth experience of efforts to improve the quality of Basic Education” presented in conference held in 1991 by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London for the Commonwealth Ministers of Education Conference in Barbados. It...

Attempt is made to review study on “A comparative survey of Commonwealth experience of efforts to improve the quality of Basic Education” presented in conference held in 1991 by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London for the Commonwealth Ministers of Education Conference in Barbados. It...

Purpose -This investigates the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary entrepreneurship. Previous studies reveal numerous proximate causes of entrepreneurship, but little is known about the fundamental determinants of this widespread economic concern....

This paper aims to begin to fill in the gap about the possible role of school quality in affecting household decisions relative to children’s work and school attendance. While from a theoretical point of view, we would expect school quality to be an important determinant of household...

This is the first paper that studies the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well being. Based on a survey among 918 students of economics and other social sciences, we estimate the effects of studying in the different fields on individual life satisfaction. Controlling for...

Low enrollment and high drop out rates can best be understood by examining a range of socioeconomic factors that affect school progression from primary through secondary to post secondary schools in Pakistan. The study employs a sequential approach which captures the different opportunity costs...

How students’ non-school inputs respond to ability grouping may explain the currently mixed findings in the literature about the impacts of tracking. Using data from South Korea, where students are randomized into middle schools under the country’s equalization policy, but sorted into...

The second feminist wave in the 1960s has influenced feminists to increase their campaign against patriarchy in almost all areas. This campaign aims to achieve equal legal, political and social rights for women. In this context, they view education as a vehicle to empower women in societies....

Inequity of development outcomes such as in heath, education, incomes, access to resources, etc., is now an important issue which needs immediate attention. An assertion of this paper is that partly, these are consequences of a failure of knowledge systems and not correctable by purely...

Nowadays it is vitally important to get higher education for the youth who have to prepare themselves for life much better. Families marshal their financial opportunities in order for their children to get education at prestigious universities. For this reason, Higher Education Institutions have...