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Opinion

India's failing schools rule out any 'demographic dividend'

Expanded ranks of unemployable youth will not bring prosperity

| India
Students walk to school on the outskirts of Agartala, India in 2018: The government must fully invest in children's education.   © Reuters

Karan Mehrishi is the author of "The India Collective: What India is Really All About" and the forthcoming "The Making of Monetary Policy in India: Imagining the Future."

Sometime this year, India will overtake China to become the world's most populous nation, according to U.N. forecasts.

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