Question

Q.1.Describe and comment on the following education-development relationships in 250 words each:

a. Education and economic growth: Does education promote growth? How?

c. Education and migration: Does education stimulate rural-urban migration? Why?

d. Education and fertility: Does the education of women tend to reduce their fertility? Why?

Answer 1

A. Education promote economic growth. That is correct . If people are educated and skilled they are able to contribute more to the economy it will boost the whole economy.If people are not educated and skilled economic growth will be affected by it. so education is one of the the important determinant of economic growth.That is why whole nations try to give more importance to education and investing huge amount in it.

c. Education stimulate rural urban migration for sure..Because if once people got education they wish to get more opportunuties.In the urban areas there are more opportunities.So people will migrate to rural to urban areas.There people will get more facilities and opprtunities as well. So education leads to migration espcially to rural to urban areas.

d.Education reduces fertility.Because if people are getting education they will get marry lately.At the same time they prefer to have small family like they wish to have one or two children.At the same time they prefer to have family planing . Even late marriage may affect the fertility of individual as well.