Quality education: Key to good governance
- 2010
- p.642-652.
- Jul-Sep
Quality education for all with an emphasis on gender equality and eliminating disparities of all kinds is the need of the hour. According to the goal of Universal Primary Education it is the responsibility of the government to provide free primary education to all children. Equal access to education is the foundation for all other development goals. Anxiety leads individuals to underperform in school in general. Several mediators have been proposed, drawing on appraisal tendencies associated with anxiety and fear. The present study attempts to examine how school environment, peers, parental care and support influence adolescent values in the early childhood. School climate has been found to be associated with adjustment. Influences of individual and contextual characteristics refer as risk factor associated with a decreased likelihood of healthy psychological and physical development. Outcome behaviours may be in the form of dropping out of high school, delinquency, violence and crime. Poor self-esteem and aspirations are linked with maladjustment. Good governance is the key to human development through participation and enhancement of capabilities. - Reproduced.