The objective of this report is to inform an improved understanding of expenditure allocations and processes, the quality of service delivery (QSD) in terms of inputs and outputs, and educational outcomes...
This study focuses on the link between teachers' 'time-on-task' (TOT) and the nature of tasks in classrooms. This study, carried out with concurrence from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)...
This study reports the results of an impact evaluation of a pilot project implemented in 220 villages in Bajna block, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh (MP), India. The 30-month pilot was designed to improve...
This publication is the first comprehensive overview of the education sector in Sudan. The challenge that remains is to design policy responses to the issues identified within the forthcoming education...
The significance of secondary education emerges from its critical role in promoting economic growth by determining the quality of those who enter labor market after schooling as well as those who pursue...
The challenge of development work in the social sector in India today is one of bridging huge disparities across regions of the country, gender and social groups. Unless national and state policies specifically...
The last two decades have seen intense efforts by government to expand the provision and improve the infrastructure for elementary education in India, complemented by the emergence of increasing and diverse...
This paper analyses recent trends in elementary education financing in India and in that context, the implication of the Planning Commission's decision to implement the new funding pattern of 50:50 (against...
In recent times, there have been apprehensions as to whether outlays under Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) result from an oblivious one-size-fits-all decision resulting in equal distribution of resources...
Education and health care, and within these, elementary education and public health, are considered as merit goods which provide both private and social benefits. Any democracy ruled by welfare-oriented...