Benefits of Education
- It gives higher earning capacity
- Provides better social standing
- Enables us to make better choices in life
- It provides knowledge to understand changes taking place in society
- It facilitates adaption of new technologies
NCERT Questions
Question 8
Education is considered to be an important input for the development of a nation. How?
Question 13
Examine the role of education in the economic development of a nation.
Question 14
Explain how investment in education stimulates economic growth.
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Benefits of Education:
It gives higher earning capacity
Provides better social standing
Enables us to make better choices in life
It provides knowledge to understand changes taking place in society
It facilitates adaption of new technologies
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Question 1
In the following questions, select the correct answers:
The expenditure of the government on education is expressed as:
- Percentage of total government expenditure
- Percentage of GDP
- Percentage of National Income
- Neither A nor B
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- Percentage of total government expenditure
- Percentage of GDP
Explanation
Government Expenditure is measured in 2 ways:
- Percentage of Total Government expenditure
- Percentage of GDP
Percentage of Total Government expenditure
It is calculated by following formula
Total Education Expenditure/ Total Govt Expenditure * 100
This denotes importance of education in scheme of things before the government
Percentage of GDP
It is calculated by following formula
Total Education Expenditure/ Total GDP *100
This Denotes how much percentage of people's income is committed to development of expenditure in India
Question 2
Identify the correctly matched pair from column A to that of Column B:
| Column A | Column B | ||||||
| 1. Sarva Siksha Abhiyan | (a) Rural Education | ||||||
| 2. National Council of Educational Research and Training | (b) Adult Education | ||||||
| 3. Indira Gandhi National Open University | (c) Higher Education | ||||||
| 4. Kendra Vidhyalaya | (d) Elementary Education | ||||||
- 1 – (a)
- 2 – (b)
- 3 – (c)
- 4 – (d)
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C. 3 – (c)
Explanation
National Council of Educational Research and Training is for secondary education
Kendra Vidhyalaya is for primary and secondary education