India and the Global Economy

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

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Abstract: Drawing attention to a high dropout rate in upper primary schools, Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam today said schools are facing the “biggest crisis†in India. Delivering the first lecture of government think-tank Niti Aayog’s ‘Transforming India’ initiative, he said the world’s second-most populous country also has the “biggest gap†in talent at the top and unfulfilled potential at bottom. Speaking on the need for social mobility, Shanmugaratnam said experiments have shown that starting as early as possible in a child’s life cycle helps. [Key note address at Niti Aayog, The Transforming India Lecture Series].

Keywords: dropout rates; social mobility; schools; India; global economy; budget; system; culture; tertiary; child; life cycle; China; FDI; graduates; learning; skills; economic reasons; potential; Singapore; technical education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-12
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