Investigating the role of governmental scholarships, technical training and R&D in the provision of better-quality education in Asia

Abstract

It is believed that the significance of various factors like the availability of training in technical terms, research and development expenditure, and government scholarships play a major role in increasing the quality of education. This study has been carried out in order to analyze the detailed impact of various variables on the quality of education in the region of Asia. For this purpose, data was collected over the last 26 years from various Asian economies while considering different databases and sources as well. After collecting the data, unit root test was used in order to analyze the cointegration. Furthermore, ARDL test was also applied in order to investigate the short run and long run relationship between the study variables. The findings of the study reveals the fact that there is a positive impact of selected explanatory variables on the quality of education in Asian economy. Furthermore, the authors conclude that various policy makers, and decision makers can use the present study in both theoretical and practical perspectives as well. However, various limitations are also associated with the present study.

Keywords: Asia ; government scholarship;quality of educationresearch and development.