Parents alone focusing expectations success graduation exam: whole edu — Abhijit V. Banerjee Esther Duflo

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Parents are not alone in focusing their expectations on success at the graduation exam: The whole education system colludes with them. The curriculum and organization of schools often date back to a colonial past, when schools were meant to train a local elite to be the effective allies of the colonial state, and the goal was to maximize the distance between them and the rest of the populace.

Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo

Related Authors: Abhijit V. Banerjee | Esther Duflo

Related Topics: economics, education, global-development

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