Economics · Ch 12 — Human Capital Formation in India
Higher Education — a Few Takers
Higher Education — a Few Takers
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India's education system can be pictured as a steep pyramid: a broad base of people at the lower levels, narrowing sharply so that fewer and fewer reach the higher levels of education. In other words, only a small share of students go on to higher education.
An added problem is unemployment among the educated. The level of unemployment is actually highest among educated youth. According to NSSO data for 2011-12, the unemployment rate among young men in rural areas who had studied up to graduation and above was 19 per cent, while their urban counterparts faced a somewhat lower rate of 16 per cent. The most severely affected group was young rural female graduates, of whom nearly 30 per cent were unemployed. By sharp contrast, only about 3 to 6 per cent of youth with only primary-level education were unemployed in both rural and urban areas, which shows the puzzle that more educated youth can face higher unemployment. …