Internal Migration And Population Redistribution In India

Some Reflections

by N. R. Prabhakara

This Book examines the rural-urban migration patterns of children who move to urban areas of India, either on their own or with their parents. It explains the consequenes that the migration process driven by economic and social reasons has on childrens education. This book is based on a critical review of the available literature on child lobor in India and of academic studies on child migration. The findings of this work show that the inter-links between migration and education are more complex than the simple assumption that children's migration underestimates their education, and the literature suggests an ambivalent picture. However, poverty as well as the poor standards of education in the country, are among arguments in explaining these linkages.