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Nainika Dinesh – History of Education, 2024
Through an analysis of Allahabad University's functioning, this article argues that independent India's ideas of federalism reimagined university education. New visions of the educated person - linked to ideas about the ideal citizen - changed the kinds of disciplines and universities being funded. With support from industrial elites to buttress…
Descriptors: Universities, Postcolonialism, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Gaulee, Uttam – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 2016
This paper is an attempt to examine the relationship between higher education and economic growth by taking a country case of the Republic of Korea and comparing this with the Republic of India to show how political educational decisions impact economic growth. Even though both countries began as relatively underdeveloped economies at the time of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Comparative Education, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
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Masani, Minoo R. – Asian Affairs: An American Review, 1978
Examines background of India's Sixth Five-Year Plan, describes the current status of the Plan, and assesses the future of economic and political development in India based upon the Plan's achievements in areas including the small industries sector, heavy industry, public services, agriculture, and political cooperation. Journal availability: see…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Historical Reviews, Non Western Civilization
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Pang, Yanhui; Richey, Dean – International Journal of Special Education, 2005
This paper briefly introduces Early Intervention (EI) issues in five countries including Zimbabwe, Poland, People's Republic of China (PRC), India, and the United States of America (USA). In the overview section the national background, including religious, socio-economic development, and political systems, its policies, laws and acts, are…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Early Intervention, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
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Pattanayak, D. P. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1979
States that 99 percent of India's education budget is spent on formal education, which is not relevant to the needs of most Indians whose many languages and socioeconomic conditions require the traditional nonformal methods. Sharply criticizes others' emphasis on "elitist" imposition of uneconomic, one-language, formal educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Cultural Influences, Economic Development
Roberts, Linda P.; Kitao, S. Kathleen – 1987
Three diverse case studies in which developing nations (the Philippines, India, and Nigeria) have chosen English as the language of instruction for the purpose of enhancing national development are described. In each case, the linguistic situation presents serious conflicts between the forces of nationalism and modernization. The Philippines…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences