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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                 SESSION 2020-21
                                                      CLASS-IX
                               ECONOMICS- Ch-2- PEOPLE AS RESOURCE
                                                   LESSON NOTES
                                                   SUBTOPIC - 4

                                           Quality of Population  PART-1


              Quality of Population
                       The quality of population depends upon the literacy rate, health of a person
                         indicated by life expectancy and skill formation acquired by the people of the
                         country.
                       The quality of the population ultimately decides the growth rate of the
                         country. Literate and healthy population are an asset.

              Education

              Education played an important role in Sakal’s life in the following ways
                       Sakal’s education in the initial years of his life bore him the fruits in the later
                         years in terms of a good job and salary.
                       Education was an important input for the growth of Sakal.
                        It opened new horizon for him, provided new aspiration and developed
                         values of life.


              Steps taken by the government of India to improve the educational status of
              India.
                       There is a provision made for providing universal access, retention and
                         quality in elementary education.
                       There are special provisions for girls.
                       There is also an establishment of pace setting of schools like Navodaya
                         Vidyalaya in each district.
                       Vocational streams have been developed to equip large number of high
                         school students with occupations related to knowledge and skills.
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