TY - GEN digital ID - 131685592 TI - The Progress of Education in India : A Quantitative Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities PY - 2017 SN - 9783319548555 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - Quantitative methods (economics) KW - Economic schools KW - Development aid. Development cooperation KW - Economics KW - Teaching KW - internationale economische organisaties KW - internationale economische politiek KW - economie KW - onderwijs KW - opvoeding KW - economisch denken KW - India KW - Asia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131685592 AB - This book quantitatively analyses data to demonstrate India's recent progress in the education sector. India, as one of the world's fastest growing economies, currently enjoys what is termed a 'demographic dividend' meaning that, compared to most other countries, it has a relatively young working age population. In order to exploit this advantage, the author argues that India needs to make this young population economically productive through education. The chapters in the book address whether India has succeeded in exploiting this demographic dividend, both in terms of numbers educated and the quality of their education. The book makes extensive use of specialist surveys conducted by India's National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in 2008 and 2014 which examine the state of education in India. ER -