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India's quest for reliable education continues

Geoff Riley

10th May 2015

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This FT video from the heart of rural India is revealing in many different ways. More parents are taking their students out of state schools and sending them to the mushrooming private system, but standards in this sector vary hugely. Getting motivated teachers ti turn up to school and deliver effective lessons is just about the most basic requirement of an education system, it is a work in progress in India. Will need educational entrepreneurs make a sizeable difference?

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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