SOSC 4436 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Equal Voice, Mid Day, Absenteeism
25 Nov 2015
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Presentation on a case study: education and inequality of class and gender. Reading: dreze and sen, chapter 5 and 8. Education over time and the state of education today. Impacts our economic opportunities and cultivated skills. The prime mover in the perception of human rights. Helps women have a voice in family decisions. Can help reduce divisions of class and caste. Greatly impact the quality of life of young people at school. Education and women gives a voice but not an equal voice in relation to men. Fewer than 40 of every 1000 girls who enrol in school in rural india reach the us equivalent. 18 will reach 8th grade of 4th grade. Indian education system: preschool (more apparent in urban areas and not rural) private play schools kindergarten primary school middle school secondary school higher secondary/pre university undergraduate post grad open schools and social needs schools. Type of schools: public/government schools, private schools, international schools, national.
