Production of citizens through formal schooling: Youth aspirations and strategies in rural Nepal

Project Type:

Smaller projects: PhD

project summary

The project will study young people’s aspirations and how these affect the generation of active citizens through formal schooling. Through field studies in far western Nepal I will examine formal schooling from the perspective of rural youth and analyse the influence upon their future strategies.

Facts

PERIOD: 31 December 2006 to 16 April 2011
PROJECT CODE: 916-DIIS
COUNTRIES: Nepal
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Birgitte Lind Petersen
TOTAL GRANT: 2,212,330 DKK