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भारत में शिक्षकों की कमी और इससे जुड़ी वित्तीय लागत का आकलन

भारत में नई शिक्षा नीति के तहत सार्वजनिक प्राथमिक विद्यालयों में शिक्षकों के 10 लाख रिक्त पदों को अत्‍यावश्‍यक रूप से भरने का प्रस्ताव किया गया है। इस लेख में,शिक्षा से संबंधित वर्ष 2019-20 के जिला सू...

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Assessing the extent and fiscal cost of teacher shortages in India

The New Education Policy has proposed that the one million teacher vacancies in public elementary schools be filled imperatively. Using 2019-20 District Information System for Education (u-DISE) data,...

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New Education Policy: Incorporating a 'Right to Learn' Act

In this article, Geeta Kingdon, Professor of Education Economics and International Development, University College London, discusses some of the provisions of the Right to Education Act, 2009 that are...

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Assessing teacher quality in India

Research in the US has pointed out that the most important determinant of the quality of education is the quality of teachers but that students’ achievement is not linked to observable teacher char...

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Defining Teacher Quality in India

Using administrative data from linked private schools from one of districts in India that matches 8,319 pupils to their subject-specific teachers at the senior secondary level, the project estimates t...

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