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ERIC Number: EJ594730
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
Postcards from India.
Sahni, Urvashi
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v43 n2 p134-41 Oct 1999
Interviews children and adults living in rural areas in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India regarding education, revealing individuals' hopes and dreams against a backdrop of severe class, caste, and gender stratification. Examines the promise of schooling and literacy in India, the relationship of schooling and literacy to work, and of education to economic development in India. (SR)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interviews, Literacy, Rural Education, Social Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: India