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Insights Daily Debates, Day – 89: Should Minimum Education Qualification be Made Mandatory for Politicians to make them Eligible to Contest in Elections?

Insights Daily Debates: Day – 89

25 November 2015

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Should Minimum Education Qualification be Made Mandatory for Politicians to make them Eligible to Contest in Elections?      

Recent social media frenzy over educational qualifications of Bihar’s new Deputy CM and Health Minister have raised the question of making minimum qualification mandatory to all politicians who would like to contest in elections. Is education sine qua non to become a minister? Will educational qualification help in performing better as ministers or legislators?