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Private provision of elementary education in India: findings of a survey in eight states

Private sector growth in education is the new neo-liberal mantra. Based on data generated by a representative sample survey in eight states, six of which account for two-thirds of the children out of school in India, this paper examines the private sector in elementary education in India, and compar...

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Main Author: Santosh Mehrotra ; Parthasarthi R. Panchamukhi
Format: Printed Book
Published: Compare Vol. 36, No. 4, December 2006, pp. 421-442 2006
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/001651.pdf
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