09-12-2008, 08:25 PM
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--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> Highlighting the concerns for India, Minja Young, Director in UNESCO, said retaining students in school is the biggest concern. Of the students enrolling in class I about 50 per cent drop out before class VIII. "We have observed that the dropout rate is higher among children of uneducated women. Therefore, the policy should link mother's literacy with school education," she said. India has 2.65 million illiterates.
An India specific conclusion of the report was that the country's policy for non-formal education lacks vision and needs to be more realistic. The report also states that demand for early education is expanding spurred by high demand of women in labour market and increasing single-parent households.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/St...goals%3a+UNESCO
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> Highlighting the concerns for India, Minja Young, Director in UNESCO, said retaining students in school is the biggest concern. Of the students enrolling in class I about 50 per cent drop out before class VIII. "We have observed that the dropout rate is higher among children of uneducated women. Therefore, the policy should link mother's literacy with school education," she said. India has 2.65 million illiterates.An India specific conclusion of the report was that the country's policy for non-formal education lacks vision and needs to be more realistic. The report also states that demand for early education is expanding spurred by high demand of women in labour market and increasing single-parent households.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/St...goals%3a+UNESCO