To school or not to school? School enrolment in India

To school or not to school? School enrolment in India

To school or not to school? School enrolment in India

Most villages in India have a government primary school and yet a third of India’s kids do not go to school. Is the prevalence of child labour to blame? Policymakers, keen to find a single causal factor which will get them off the hook, blame parental indifference. Are parents put off by the low quality and/or the cost of schooling?

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