primary education

A new study produced by Pratham, a non-governmental organisation, claims its findings should prompt close questioning of whether India can expect a "demographic dividend" from a poorly educated workforce.The crisis in Indian education is prompting poor families to pull children out of free government schools and enrol them in the private sector, according to an independent study. The emergence in slums and villages of private schools that charge near- destitute families between $1-$3 a month for basic primary education is widely seen as an indictment of the state's ability to provide a traditionally core public service.