LEARNING FOR LIFE : A STUDY OF PARENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION

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The purpose of this thesis was to understand the ways parents with different educational backgrounds perceive education as enabling their children 'capabilities'. Situating myself in a rural area of Uttarakhand, I interviewed parents from diverse educational backgrounds about their children?s education. Some parents were illiterate while others held university degrees. Their perceptions are viewed against the backdrop of the growing access and availability of education, facilitated both by private entrepreneurs and the Government of India, in a world increasingly stressing the need for education as well as the demand for education. I looked specifically at parents' perceptions of how education contributes to their children's 'capabilities'; what they perceived education as enabling their children to be and do. These perceived abilities ranged from 'being literate' to 'learning computers and English', partly reflecting the different aspirations and notions of what the conte...