SOC100H5 Chapter 20: Chapter 20
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In low income countries, vast majority of people receive little or no schooling. Schooling and economic development: extent of schooling in any society is tied to its economic development. In low/ middle income countries, families and communities teacher young people important knowledge and skills: formal schooling available mainly to wealthy people who don"t need to work, greed root word school means leisure . Limited schooling that takes place in lower income countries reflects national culture: most low income countries don"t have a lot of schooling. 90% of children in india complete primary school: barely half of indian children go to secondary school and very few go to universities, because many indians see less reason to invest in schooling of girls, only 49% reach. 34% of indians are illiterate secondary school: most children working in indian factories are girls so their families can benefit from their earnings before they get married off into another family.
