2 Quotes by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo

  • Author Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo
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    Parents are not alone in focusing their expectations on success at the graduation exam: The whole education system colludes with them. The curriculum and organization of schools often date back to a colonial past, when schools were meant to train a local elite to be the effective allies of the colonial state, and the goal was to maximize the distance between them and the rest of the populace.

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