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Educating females in India: A different look at education

It is interesting to hear the debates on education in the U.S. It’s also
very mind boggling since the U.S. has no standardized school system to
base a student’s merits on.

Moving away from the U.S. and moving to India, we get a peek into
the life of some females that are from poor families and their struggle
to get an education. The article mentions that educating females has
many benefits for a society. It mentions that Taiwan and South Korea
benefitted from this. This is an interesting question if we look over
to Mainland China. I am not sure how the education system works there but
if females have much better chances at education than females in India
this might be another example of why it is beneficial to make sure
girls get an education.

Read it here

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