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Private schooling and mental models about girls' schooling in India
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posted on 2023-06-15, 11:36 authored by Prachi SrivastavaThis paper presents disadvantaged households’ ‘mental models’ about low-fee private (LFP) schooling for their daughters in a study in Lucknow District, Uttar Pradesh. It argues that assumptions in the dominant discourse on girls’ schooling in India obscure the complex negotiations and trade-offs disadvantaged families make when considering schooling choices for their daughters. Furthermore, they obscure a focus on change resulting from and intertwined with changing socio-economic structures and institutional contexts for schooling over time. The changing institutional context for education through increased LFP provision is the focus for analysis. Data show that participants were not selective in choosing the LFP sector by gender, and thought of it as representing the best chance for their daughters’ livelihoods.
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International EducationISSN
1469-3623Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
Issue
4Volume
36Page range
497-514Department affiliated with
- Education Publications
Full text available
- No
Peer reviewed?
- Yes