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School education is a gateway to the opportunities and benefits of economic and social development. The global education for all (EFA) effort provides added momentum for the growth in school education. Furthermore, globalization and the increasing demand for a more sophisticated labour force combined with the growth of knowledge based economies gives a sense of urgency to the heightened demand for school education.
Providing quality education to young people not ...
It is now well recognized that the growth of the global economy has increased opportunities for those countries with good levels of education and vice versa. The benefits of globalisation accrue to the countries with highly skilled human capital and it is a curse for the countries without such specialized human capital. If educational institutions are to achieve higher quality and greater efficiency, governments will need to implement sweeping reforms in ...
The issue of financing is of utmost importance to the growth and development of education in India. Since the 1950s, mainly the central and state governments have financed higher education. The relative share of the government has shown remarkable increase since the time of independence to the recent years. India has witnessed a massive expansion of its education infrastructure and today it has one of he largest education networks and third largest reservoir of ...
Education for All (EFA) is a global movement led b UNESCO, aiming to meet the learning needs of all children, youth and adults by 2015. Governments, development agencies, civil society, non-government organizations and the media are but some of the partners working toward reaching these goals.
For an Economy, EFA can increase the human capital in the labour force, which increases labour productivity and thus lead to a higher equilibrium level of output. It can ...