Education for Development or Underdevelopment?
How critical is education in the development struggle of a third world country? Responding to popular demands for more accessible education, the Guyanese government instituted numerous educational reforms, hoping to promote economic growth in both the modern and the traditional sectors of the economy. Many in the traditional sector, however, saw education as a means of economic advancement, and sought increasingly to move into higher social strata through employment in the modern sector. Consequently, the civil service and private firms gained an oversupply of personnel, while agriculture and small business suffered, and unemployment increased. The author examines Guyanaas educational system from historical, political, social, and economic perspectives, and draws implications for other developing countries.T.I.tends tobe most effective whenhe is employed inaamoderna workshop which hasthewhole rangeof tools that hehas learned touseasastudent ofthe technical institute. Without such tools, and most rural motorvehiclerepair shopsdonot have anbsp;...
| Title | : | Education for Development or Underdevelopment? |
| Author | : | M.K. Bacchus |
| Publisher | : | Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press - 2010-12-01 |
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