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Kerala is a city admires by many as the corner stone between develop and developing world, it is the blue print of the developing world. Yet, to what extend is the validity of this statement? Kerala is a symbol of what social and political reform can bring to a city, but how long can the prosperity be sustain and at what cause? It is a city that have outgrown is usefulness, in terms of demographic reform. It is the foundation of what developing world should not do, at least not fully base its demographic transition on. Its’ problems is mainly its inability to take advantage of the opportunity that was offer to it’s economy so many decades ago, a privilege that was abuse in the process of its demographic transition through its’ education, employment, and standard of living. Education can say a lot about a country’s wealth, especially in today’s society where there is a strong emphasis on being able to read and write. Kerala is a city whose literacy rate is unusually high, situating in a developing country and having the academic standard that it does. All of Keralese in their reproductive years are literate. With an extensive library system and more public and private fund school than all of India. In a country where roughly half the population is illiterate, Kerala is the only state where more than 90 percent of the adults can read and write. The literacy rate for Kerela in1991 for male was 95% and female was 87% very high compare to the rest of India. One would expect a workforce of such caliber would boost the economy and provide a lot of jobs for Kerala, but this is not the case. Post-secondary education in Kerala today is stagnant and an unsustainable burden that does not and cannot meet the economic and social needs of society. With so many educate Kerala there is a shortage of jobs in the country. In 1989 when the Kerala Public Service Commission advertised a few vacancies for the post of bus conductors for which the minimum qualification was a high school diploma the commission received 268,000 applications.
Approximate Word count = 1427
Approximate Pages = 5.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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