India and Education
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New Delhi - Population:
1173108018 - Size:
3287590.0 Km2
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- The BLDS education collection
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Search for the latest education-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Needs or rights? Education and the working child in South Asia
- Naila Kabeer; Geetha B. Nambissan; Ramya Subrahmanian; Susan Bissell; Neera Burra; Kaushik Basu; Mohammad Talib; R.Govinda; Dhir Jhingran; Keiko Miwa / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- What is the nature of the conflict between the right of the child to education and the economic needs of the family? Which of these concerns should take priority? Should the state mediate in this ‘needs versus rights’ confli...
- Comparison of causes of infant and child mortality between Andhra Pradesh and Kerala
- E. Masset; H. White / Young Lives, 2003
- This paper examines the determinants of infant and child mortality in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala and the factors explaining their differential performance. It concludes that raising service levels across India toward the levels ...
- 'Learning communities' the key to education and lifelong learning for all
- R-M. Torres / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2003
- This paper is the result of a study commissioned by Sida on the status and current trends in adult basic education in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The study included a review of relevant documentation in several lang...
- How does civil society create spaces for implementing the right to education for all in India?
- U. Devi / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2002
- This paper analyses the role of civil society in advocating for the adoption of the Bill on the Right to Education in India. The author argues that recent successes in civil society mobilisation could form a good basis to implementing...
- Children ill-served by HIV/AIDS interventions
- G. A. Cornia / UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2002
- This first chapter from the overall study ‘AIDS, public policy and child well-being’ offers an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and desirable policy responses. It reviews the community and public policy interve...
- Statistics on childhood poverty in Andhra Pradesh
- S. Galab; M. Gopinath Reddy; P. Antony; A. McCoy; C. Ravi; D. Seerama Raju; K. Mayuri; P. Prudhivikar Reddy / Young Lives, 2003
- Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty aims at improving our understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty in the developing world, and at informing policy to reduce it. In each of four developing...
- Gender differences in school enrolment in India: maternal education, gender discrimination and the need to work
- S. Pal / Cardiff Business School, Economics Section, 2003
- This paper considers several possible causes of observed gender differences in child schooling in the Indian states, including differential returns to schooling, household resource constraint, nature of parental preferences and also c...
- Throwing away the primer: the 'real literacies' approach to adult literacy
- Alan Rogers / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- What do we mean by 'illiterate'? Are we being misled by UNESCO rhetoric that literacy is the key to development? What happens when we herd into class individuals who may have nothing in common except for the fact they have been labell...
- A fresh start for teacher resource centres?
- Geoff Welford; Gary Knamiller; Genevieve Fairhurst / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Do teacher resource centres (TRCs) help to improve learning in schools? Do they result in better quality teaching and learning in the classroom? Between 1997 and 1998 University of Leeds School of Education researchers made an assessm...
- Learning in the field: can agriculture help in rural primary education?
- Peter Taylor; Abigail Mulhall / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How can agriculture help improve rural primary schooling in developing countries? Universal access to primary education is a sought-after goal in most developing countries as it offers a wide range of benefits. Yet many countries face...
- Centre for Development Finance (CDF)
- The Centre for Development Finance focuses on improving the delivery of public goods that contribute to inclusive social and economic opportunity in India.
- Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies
- Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) formerly known as Centre for Spatial Database Management and Solutions, is a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), located at Noida, near India’s capital city of New Delhi. CSDMS is committed to advocacy and developing solutions for under-privileged societies through the use of innovative and effective Information and Commun...
- Kerala Research Programme on Local Development
- Developing scientific research capability in Kerala
- Educational Resource Unit
- Educational Resource Unit is a consulting group in India working on education, health, rights, livelihood and sustainable development.
- Azim Premji Foundation
- Universal education in India
- Punjabi University Patiala, India
- Teaching and research university
- Social and Development Research and Action Group (SADRAG)
- Action research and development organisation focusing on gender and socio-economic issues in India
- Jadavpur University, India
- Teaching and research university in Kolkata, India
- Sampark, India
- Organization focussing on poverty reduction and women's empowerment in India
- National Council of Educational Research and Training, India (NCERT)
- Government-established organisation researching all aspects of education in India
