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Manli Xue; Haiying Wang; Yuqi Wang; Xuefeng Qiao – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2025
This study explores the complex emotional landscape of Chinese middle-class parents in educational investment, focusing on the paradoxical interplay of confidence and anxiety. Through in-depth interviews with 16 parents in Nanjing, we employed Bourdieu's concepts of illusio and 'capital' to examine how personal emotions, family resources, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Aspiration, Social Capital, Cultural Capital
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Atul Kumar; Vinaydeep Brar; Chetan Chaudhari; Shirish S. Raibagkar – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2025
The Indian government enacted the Right to Education Act (RTE) to provide free and compulsory elementary education to all economically underprivileged children between ages 6 and 14. All schools, including private schools, are required to reserve 25% of their enrollment slots for such students, with the government shouldering their fees. While…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Selective Admission, Access to Education, Educational Legislation