Tag Search: “schooling”
How much does India spend on elementary education?
There has been a significant policy focus on expanding elementary education in India in recent years. Yet, estimates of public and private expenditure on elementary education are not available. This ...
- Ambrish Dongre Avani Kapur
- 02 February, 2015
- Articles
Teacher accountability and assessment of student learning levels
Research has found that holding teachers accountable to the local community has scant impact on student learning. Based on a survey of government schools in Karnataka, this column suggests that this ...
- Anjini Kochar
- 15 January, 2015
- Articles
Can we select the right peers in Indian education? Evidence from Kolkata
This project studies the effect of random dormitory assignment in a tertiary-level educational institution in India on subsequent academic achievements. The effects of peer-ability are around one-thir...
- Paul Frijters
- 31 December, 2014
- IGC Research on India
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...
- Mehtabul Azam Geeta Gandhi Kingdon
- 31 December, 2014
- IGC Research on India
Social Justice in Education: Are School Uniform and Scholarship Schemes Marred with Discrimination in Bihar?
This project evaluated on how well the attendance conditionality is being implemented in the schools of Bihar, and whether it’s marred with caste-based discrimination. The study found that the attend...
- Abhimanyu Gahlaut Chinmaya Kumar Pankaj Verma
- 31 December, 2014
- IGC Research on India
Did caste-based reservation increase schooling of beneficiaries?
Reservation for backward classes in schools has been in place in India since independence. This column uses a unique historical event that took place in the 1970s in India to evaluate the effect of a...
- Guilhem Cassan
- 16 October, 2014
- Articles
Where has all the education in India gone?
The average years of education per Indian citizen have significantly increased since independence. This column analyses whether the increase in education has led to higher material wellbeing overall....
- Scott Fulford
- 18 September, 2014
- Articles
Choice and cost: The role of household decision making and spending on secondary education in rural Bihar
This project attempts to understand the educational choices that households make and expenditures they undertake for children going from upper primary school to secondary school in Bihar. It is design...
- Rukmini Banerji Wilima Wadhwa
- 15 September, 2014
- IGC Research on India
Do private tuitions improve learning outcomes?
About a fourth of the students enrolled in elementary schools in rural India attend private tuitions. This column analyses the impact of private tuition on learning outcomes, and finds that it has a ...
- Ambrish Dongre Vibhu Tewary
- 13 August, 2014
- Articles
Improving children's learning: Challenges and priorities for the new government
Over the last 15 years, continued effort to universalise access to elementary education in India has resulted in high enrolment rates in schools. Now that most children are in school, policy and plan...
- Rukmini Banerji
- 14 July, 2014
- Notes from the Field
Education for all: Fixing classroom processes
While India has achieved near universal enrolment in schools, the quality of education is far from satisfactory. There is an urgent need to change classroom processes to ensure that those who go to s...
- Amarjeet Sinha
- 11 June, 2014
- Notes from the Field
The plight of 'complimentary' migrants: Children at brick kilns
Migration for work is meant to benefit families of migrant workers. But what if the families migrate along with the worker? Based on visits to brick kilns in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Prade...
- Parul Agarwal
- 09 May, 2014
- Notes from the Field