June 3, 2005

Higher Education Proves No Match for India's Booming Economy

By SHAILAJA NEELAKANTAN

More young people pass up university degrees, once a key credential

Map: Kerala, India's southwesternmost state

One recent afternoon in this peaceful coastal town in Kerala, India's southwesternmost state, a 22-year-old shopkeeper is giving a group of British tourists the hard sell.

Hawking his tiny shop's collection of CD's and DVD's, M. Sajjan cleverly gauges their tastes and plays a collection of tabla-heavy

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