Today’s “Word of the Day” is textbook and it is an adjective meaning “most typical, standard, conventional, classic, model, exemplary, quintessential”.
Example Sentence: Investment in education yields both private and social returns. Private returns, like wages, accrue (be added) to individuals. Social returns accrue to society. Textbook economics suggests that private returns rise with one’s level of education, but social returns peak at the elementary levels.
This word is present in The Hindu article Japanese education spells holistic development and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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