Abstract

Devi E. Nampiaparampil MD, 1,2, Yan Y. Chen RN,1 Megan Li,1 Abraham George, PhD,3 John C. Baird, PhD

The primary intervention summoned to narrow the ever-expanding abyss between the rich and the poor is education but according to India’s Ministry of Education, the country has only spent 1.7% of its gross domestic product on primary education and 3.7% for education overall. To compound the issue, as many as 40 million children may be out of school. Traditional development economists have argued that educational programs should be geared towards basic primary school education for the poor but not necessarily comprehensive education in the arts, humanities, and sciences.