Harvard President Summers in Jaipur - - meeting its first female Chief Minister. Its a surprise!I wish Prof. Reimers (program director of International Edu Policy -dealing with edu in developing countries ) would pay a visit to India someday too - though he did mention that he was refused entry into India while he was working with Pakistani kids. I think that was Cold war era - now things have improved between the three countries - Indian, US. Pak.Female literacy is lowest in Rajasthan among Indian states . Till 1990 it was only 20% - now it is estimated to be 40%. However lieracy is generally defined there is ability to read and write one sentence or even one word (your one name).More details on his comments in Delhi on the role of competition in higher education's excellence in US univs http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2006/0323_ficci.htmlHis comments in Reserve Bank of India - Summers was Treasury Secretary of US and a prominet economist in the world becoming a full , tenured professor of economics at Harvard at 28 only.Umesh
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