Externalities of Universalization of Elementry Education Programme

The book attempts to quantify the externalities of universalization of Elementary Education Programme to the parents and society of the students receiving elementary education in North Delhi, India. In the form of case study, the researcher investigated the quality of primary education in Delhi and its non-monetary effects on the poor parents. The study revealed that parents behave better than before, they seems more hygienic, they learnt accounting, few of them learnt reading and writing and their eating habits are being improved.Therefore UEE programme and primary education itself reveal externalities to the parents and society.