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Higher Education, Poverty and Development
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Tilak, Jandhyala B. G. – Higher Education Review, 2010
There is a presumption among many policy makers that higher education is not necessary for economic growth and development; it is literacy and basic education and at best secondary education that are argued to be important. Estimates of internal rate of return contributed to strengthening of such a presumption. Accordingly, higher education has…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Poverty, Outcomes of Education
Post-Elementary Education, Poverty and Development in India
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Tilak, Jandhyala B. G. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2007
There is a general presumption among many policy makers that secondary and higher education is not necessary for economic growth and development. On the other hand, it is literacy and primary education that is argued to be important. Estimates on internal rate of return also contributed to strengthening of such a presumption. Accordingly,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Primary Education, Poverty, Infant Mortality
Regional Inequality in Literacy in India.
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Tilak, Jandhyala B. G. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1978
Although India's literacy rate has increased, the faster population growth has increased the nation's total illiteracy. The paper reviews differences in literacy rates among various regions and examines factors to explain this inequality, concluding that compulsory education for children is not enough and that adult literacy campaigns are vital.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Differences