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Pradyumna Bhattacharjee
Pradyumna Bhattacharjee is a Consultant in the World Bank's Education Global Practice in the South Asia Region, where he works on lending operations and analytical activities in the field of education and skills development. Prior to joining the World Bank, he led strategy, research, and Monitoring & Evaluation at Teach For India, and also worked as a primary school teacher in New Delhi. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in physics from the University of Delhi.
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Designing incentives for mid-level officials in India's public sector
In the Indian public education system, block/cluster resource persons are mid-level officials who are responsible for monitoring the performance of teachers. In this note, Vivek et al. discuss their experience of working with the state government of Jharkhand to design a ‘results-based financing’ programme that incentivises these mid-level officials as well as teachers to perform better – with the ultimate objective of improving education outcomes.
