List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction: The Sparkle in the Mountains
2 Theoretical Perspectives on Education and
Development
2.1 Education and Development Theories
2.2 Economics of Education and Human Capital
Approach
2.3 Sociology of Education
2.4 Synopsis: A Dialectical Perspective on Education for Development
3 Research Design
3.1 Analytical Framework and Research
Questions
3.2 Methodology
3.3 Structure of Secondary Sources on Education in Gilgit-Baltistan
4 Introduction to the Research Region
4.1 Dynamics of Livelihood Change in Gilgit-Baltistan
4.2 Introduction to the Case Study Villages
5 The Education System in Pakistan and Gilgit-Baltistan
5.1 The Challenges of Education in Pakistan
5.2 The Rise of Non-Elitist Private Schools
5.3 A Short History of Educational Expansion in Gilgit-Baltistan
6 The State of Education in Gilgit-Baltistan in Regional and Historical Perspective
6.1 Regional Disparities in the Levels of Education in Gilgit-Baltistan
6.2 Regional Disparities in Enrolment in Gilgit-Baltistan
6.3 Gilgit-Baltistan's Rising Education Levels in Historical Perspective
7 Livelihood Strategies on Education
7.1 Rationales and Motives for Educational Behaviour and Expectations of Future Education Outcomes
7.2 'Housework for Girls, Education for Boys?' - Gendered Education Rationales
7.3 Parents' Considerations on the 'Right Type of
Education' and their School
Preferences
Opening the Black Box: Intra-Household
Decision-Making, Gender Roles and the
Division of Labour
7.4.1 Intra-Household Status Hierarchies and Unequal Power in Decision-Making
7.4.2 Mobilization of Household Resources for Education Strategies - Who Takes on the Burdens and Costs of Education?
7.4.3 Intra-Household Resource Allocation for
Educational Investments: Unequal
Distribution of Educational opportunities
7.5 Relevance of Parents' Education Level for
Children's Education
7.6 Education Migration: Ways to Higher Education
7.7 Alternative Ways to Obtain Higher Education - Distance Education, Home Learning, and Coaching Classes
8 Educational Outcomes
8.1 Participation in Formal Sector Employment and Business Activities
8.2 Education and Income
8.3 Labour Migration: Between Brain-Drain and Beneficial Remittances
8.4 Political Participation and Civil Society
8.5 Female Education and Empowerment - Changing Gender Roles in the Household and the Community
8.6 Education and Changing Prospects in the "Marriage Market"
9 Conclusion and Final Remarks
References
Annexures