http://www.ungei.org/gap/pdfs/unicef_gap_low_res.pdf shows (in pages 28 - 33) the sad state of school education in India & Nepal (and also Pak, Afghanistan).
At one level I agree with the Indian communists that religion has played a major role in keeping modern education from lots of children -and spreading ignorance. Hindu Kingdom Nepal and Hindu dominated India (as well as Islamic Pak, Afghan) have the maximum proportion of children out of school.
Glorious India leads the world in number of children out of school - 28 million --compared to 10 million for entire East Asia (see page 28 of the report). And RSS chief (perhaps competing with the Pope's recent similar outburst) calls for ever increasing population growth of his co-religionists and hailing mothers with more children. Itis rumoured
that Islamic preachers have always done the same.
It is found that more educated mothers have lesser children -- so it goes with logic that religious figures would now try to prevent spread of modern education -- so that they can safely promote population explosion to ignorant masses .
Any comments?
Umesh
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