Title: Rise of international schools in India
Authors: Dilip K. Prasad
Addresses: School of Computing, National University of Singapore, 119077, Singapore
Abstract: The number of international schools is rising in India recently. The trends and various reasons for the observed rising trends are presented. Globalisation of the Indian economy, recent economic growth, perceived value of international education, and elitism are identified as a few major factors influencing the rise of international schools in India. The future impact of the rise of international schools on the Indian school education scenario is analysed.
Keywords: metadata; international schools; private education; Indian economy; education financing; elitism; India.
DOI: 10.1504/IJEED.2013.055041
International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2013 Vol.4 No.2, pp.190 - 201
Received: 30 Jul 2012
Accepted: 06 Mar 2013
Published online: 10 May 2014 *