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Accepted Paper:
Migration, education and Development when observed from the perspective of a community has a time-lag relationship with each other. Post COVID policy perspectives should thus be specialized.
Shalini Sen
(International Institute for Population Sciences)
Paper short abstract:
Short-term seasonal migration results in the disruption of education of children from poorest households who use education as a capital thus decreasing the chance of a community level development in the future while the parents fight for survival at present.
Paper long abstract:
Short-term internal migrants in India heavily depend on agents while also borrowing money from them which is to be cut from the lump-sum amount paid to them at the end of the seasonal period. This phenomenon has become an inter-generational way of life keeping the poor within the vicious cycle of poverty.
1. Migration for economic reasons: Landless farmer migrate seasonally with a deadline and a fixed completion target given by their agents. This gives rise to an all-hands-on-deck phenomenon for household fearing further monetary losses.
2. Migration as hindrance to continuation of education: Children deemed too young or unsafe to be left behind often migrate with their parents who are seasonal migrants resulting in months of absence from schools.
3. Education as a tool for economic development: Poor children armed with education have catapulted their families and sometimes their communities out of poverty. A long break in early education often results in school dropouts. Thus gives ride to an entire generation of unskilled laborers who will again depend on unsustainable sources of income.
4. Post Covid virtual classes working in-tandem with government EG Cards: The government of India already had Massive Open Online Courses but not for children. Maharashtra government under Right To Education (RTE) Act developed Education Guarantee Cards to track and serve these children. The onset of Covid and shift of primary education online showed the relation between lack of purchasing power with the lack of education even when education is provided free.
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Accepted Paper:
Shalini Sen (International Institute for Population Sciences)
Paper short abstract:
Paper long abstract:
Short-term internal migrants in India heavily depend on agents while also borrowing money from them which is to be cut from the lump-sum amount paid to them at the end of the seasonal period. This phenomenon has become an inter-generational way of life keeping the poor within the vicious cycle of poverty.
1. Migration for economic reasons: Landless farmer migrate seasonally with a deadline and a fixed completion target given by their agents. This gives rise to an all-hands-on-deck phenomenon for household fearing further monetary losses.
2. Migration as hindrance to continuation of education: Children deemed too young or unsafe to be left behind often migrate with their parents who are seasonal migrants resulting in months of absence from schools.
3. Education as a tool for economic development: Poor children armed with education have catapulted their families and sometimes their communities out of poverty. A long break in early education often results in school dropouts. Thus gives ride to an entire generation of unskilled laborers who will again depend on unsustainable sources of income.
4. Post Covid virtual classes working in-tandem with government EG Cards: The government of India already had Massive Open Online Courses but not for children. Maharashtra government under Right To Education (RTE) Act developed Education Guarantee Cards to track and serve these children. The onset of Covid and shift of primary education online showed the relation between lack of purchasing power with the lack of education even when education is provided free.
Migration, Education and Development: Exploring the Nexus
Session 1 Thursday 7 July, 2022, -