visions of ‘Education for All’ into empty dreams. Especially‚ population explosion has put a heavy pressure on its available infra-structure. Only 64.84% people are literate and 35.16% still illiterate according to 2001 census‚ (Males – 75.26% and Females – 53.67%). In absolute number‚ the figure of illiterates is alarming. No nation can afford to have a large number of its population to remain illiterate‚ ignorant and unskilled. Education and the masses In ancient India‚ education was confined
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EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN: A SURVEY Introduction Every year the government of Pakistan publishes some report or the other about education. If not specifically about education‚ at least the Economic Survey of Pakistan‚ carries a chapter on education. These reports confess that the literacy rate is low‚ the rate of participation in education at all levels is low and the country is spending too little in this area. Then there one brave promises about the future such as the achievement of hundred
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Functionalists have argued that educational systems in modern industrial societies are meritocratic. Provision of equal opportunity towards education in different group helps to realize potentials and invoke the ability to be upwardly mobile‚ thus changing the structure of social inequality. However‚ the Marxists approaches have argued that the idea of a meritocratic educational system is a myth and has in fact reproduced social inequality. Educational attainment thus‚ to a large extent depends
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When the British Came: Paul Revere Through My Eyes By: Shagun Doshi May 22‚ 1810 After over 37 years of marriage‚ you can just imagine the memorable moments I have shared with Paul. From watching our 11 beautiful children grow up to be wonderful people to the activism work Paul used to do back in the day. The main reason for me to write this is not only because I am 65 years old and my mind seems to be losing me‚ but also to tell the untold tale of Mr. Paul Revere‚ a great husband and a true
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With the K+12 style of education being implemented in the Philippines‚ one must wonder what factors that prompted policy makers to implement this form of educational system. According to the Department of Education (2012‚ http://www.gov.ph/k-12/)‚ K+12 is there to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills‚ develop lifelong learners‚ and prepare graduates for tertiary education‚ middle level skills development‚ employment and entrepreneurship. This is all well and good in paper but
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A Profile of the Indian Education System Gretchen Rhines Cheney‚ Betsy Brown Ruzzi and Karthik Muralidharan Paper prepared for the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce November 2005 ©National Center on Education and the Economy‚ 2006 A Profile of the Indian Education System Gretchen Rhines Cheney Betsy Brown Ruzzi and Karthik Muralidharan November 2005 India‚ with more than a billion residents‚ has the second largest education system in the world (after China)
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Malaysia Malaysia is a multiracial country. Malaysia is unique because it has diversity of races‚ cultures and religions. Although it has diverse races‚ they manage to live in idyllic and harmony way to avoid the happening of quarrel or fighting and to make their relationship far more harmonious between each other. Malaysia is a place that is safe because there is no disaster in this country because Malaysia is outside the Pacific Ring of Fire except flood is the disaster that often happens
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Education System In INDIA India is a developing country and is on a track to be a developed country in terms of economic and financial growth. This growth can mainly be attributed to its educational wealth and system. India is one of the most ancient civilizations in the world and as such education system in India stretches back to ancient urban centers of learning at Taxila and Nalanda which were one of the earliest universities of the world. The present education system in India
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EDUCATION IN GHANA 1.0. INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Republic of Ghana is located in West Africa which borders Côte d ’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to the west‚ Burkina Faso to the north‚ Togo to the east‚ and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and derives from the Ghana Empire. Ghana was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient predominantly Akan Kingdoms‚ including the Akwamu on the eastern coast‚ the inland Ashanti Empire and various Fante
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Compare and Contrast Malaysian Education System and American Education System There is another difference between Malaysian and American education system‚ which is the existence of tuition culture. In Malaysia‚ tuition means supplementary academic coaching (Eduweb Technology‚ n.d.). Children as young as seven were sent to tuition classes after their school hours. Students attend tuition classes on their own and pay for the profit-oriented tutoring service. Typically‚ students are taught what
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