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Mridusmita Bordoloi
Mridusmita Bordoloi is an Associate Fellow with the Accountability Initiative team at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), Delhi. She has 19 years of research experience in the areas of education, labour market, child protection and consumer economy in India. Her recent work involves tracking public finances, government processes, regulations and outcomes in ‘school education’ and ‘child protection’ sectors, including analysis of multiple centrally-sponsored schemes implemented by the Union Government of India. Her research also includes issues related to social protection for unorganised sector workers and India’s overall labour market challenges. Her work in the past involved understanding income and consumption expenditure patterns of the household in India, by exploring both macro-economic trends as well as evidence from primary surveys.
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भारत में माध्यमिक शिक्षा तक पहुंच से संबंधित चुनौतियां
भारत की नवीनतम राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति में वर्ष 2030 तक शिक्षा तक सार्वभौमिक पहुंच की परिकल्पना की गई है। हालांकि, प्राथमिक विद्यालयों में नामांकन अधिक होने के बावजूद माध्यमिक शिक्षा तक पहुंच कम रही है। इसमें योगदान करने वाले कुछ कारकों के बारे में बोरदोलोई और पांडेय विचार करते हैं, जिनमें माध्यमिक शिक्षा प्रदान करने वाले स्कूलों की सीमित संख्या, स्कूली शिक्षा से जुड़ी उच्च लागत और शिक्षा और व्यावसायिक प्रशिक्षण में सार्वजनिक निवेश की कमी शामिल हैं। वे माध्यमिक शिक्षा पर केंद्रित नीति पर अधिक ध्यान देने का आह्वान करते हैं।
Challenges in access to secondary education in India
India’s latest National Education Policy has envisaged universal access to education by 2030. However, while enrolment is high in elementary schools, access to and uptake of secondary education has remained low. Bordoloi and Pandey consider some contributing factors, including the limited number of schools offering secondary education, the higher costs associated with schooling, and the lack of public investment in education and vocational training. They call for increased attention to be paid to policy focussed on secondary education.