Tag Search: “schooling”
The influence of local politicians in the private education market
Private schooling has experienced rapid expansion in India – both in terms of number of schools and student enrolment. Analysing data from 2005-2017, this article shows that constituencies represented...
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Muneer Kalliylil
Soham Sahoo
07 February, 2025
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Policy Roundup: 1.5 degree breach, Trump’s America, ASER 2024
This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to the widespread negative effects of climate change and what can be done to mitig...
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Nalini Gulati
31 January, 2025
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Street safety and girls’ secondary schooling in India
Street harassment in India is still a constraint on women's education, dimming their future. Analysing the case of ‘SHE teams’ in the state of Telangana, this article shows that the introduction of sp...
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Kumar Ashutosh
25 November, 2024
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Moratorium on new subsidies to garner resources for public spending on health
Employability is fundamentally driven by human capital development, encompassing health and education. Based on analysis of data from about 100 economies, Shishir Gupta argues that in India, the lack ...
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Shishir Gupta
23 October, 2024
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Can education propel climate action?
While youth in the developing world are anxious about climate change and ready for action, they are constrained by a lack of information and knowledge. In this post, Masood and Sabarwal discuss insigh...
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Surayya Masood
Shwetlena Sabarwal
21 October, 2024
- Perspectives
Analysing gender bias in school textbooks in India
If we want girls’ education to help build gender equality, a basic first step is ensuring we are not giving children sexist textbooks. This article analyses gender bias in school textbooks in India an...
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Lee Crawfurd
Theodore Mitchell
Radhika Nagesh
Christelle Saintis-Miller
Rory Todd
23 August, 2024
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Reversing the trend: Improving toilet access for better test scores
Poor sanitation is associated with adverse health outcomes among children, which in turn are linked with poor educational outcomes. Leveraging the staggered implementation of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ a...
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Abhradeep Karmakar
Kira Villa
10 June, 2024
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How teachers’ beliefs can shape motivation and student learning
While teacher effort is crucial for student learning, evidence suggests that this is not what teachers themselves believe. This article presents findings from a randomised experiment involving a psych...
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Jalnidh Kaur
06 May, 2024
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How investing in girls’ education can reduce domestic violence in India
One-third of women in India aged 15-49 report experiencing domestic violence. This article examines the impact of an increase in education among girls due to the District Primary Education Programme –...
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Madhuri Agarwal
Vikram Bahure
Katja Bergonzoli
Souparna Maji
10 April, 2024
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Enhancing secondary school learning: Role of remedial camps and teacher flexibility
A key dilemma in Indian education is that while children are enrolled in school, they are not actually learning. Based on an experiment in Odisha, this article explores possible solutions to the learn...
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Sabrin Beg
Anne Fitzpatrick
Jason Kerwin
Adrienne Lucas
Khandker Wahedur Rahman
08 April, 2024
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How social norms hold women back: A look at recent evidence
In light of India’s low female labour force participation rate, as a follow up to International Women’s Day, I4I Deputy Managing Editor Nikita Mujumdar highlights a selection of economic research on s...
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Nikita Mujumdar
15 March, 2024
- Perspectives
Should girls be ‘controlled’? Opinions among young boys and parents in Bihar
The practice of child marriage among girls continues to be common in Bihar. In this note, Priyadarshini, Joshi and Bhattacharya present findings from their survey of boys and parents, wherein they con...
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Shubha Bhattacharya
Madhu Joshi
Anamika Priyadarshini
13 March, 2024
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