India’s Hierarchical Education Sector Precludes the Creation of a ‘Meritocracy’
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India’s Hierarchical Education Sector Precludes the Creation of a ‘Meritocracy’

India’s graded educational system mirrors the country’s stubbornly rigid social hierarchies. The poorest children attend the free government-run schools and those from the highest echelons of Indian society increasingly attend elite schools, with the rest of the society caught in between.