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TO GO WITH Lifestyle-Asia-education-India,FEATURE by Adam Plowright In a picture taken on August 30, 2012, Indian school children sit on the floor during classes at a government school in Bagpath district in Uttar Pradesh. On any given day in a state primary school in India, up to one in four teachers is missing. The cost for a country that sees its young population as its ticket to superpower status is huge. AFP PHOTO / SAJJAD HUSSAIN (Photo credit should read SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/GettyImages)

TO GO WITH Lifestyle-Asia-education-India,FEATURE by Adam Plowright In a picture taken on August 30, 2012, Indian school children sit on the floor during classes at a government school in Bagpath district in Uttar Pradesh. On any given day in a state primary school in India, up to one in four teachers is missing. The cost for a country that sees its young population as its ticket to superpower status is huge. AFP PHOTO / SAJJAD HUSSAIN (Photo credit should read SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/GettyImages)
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