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
- Uncertainly to school: poverty and household decision-making about primary education in India
- R. Subrahmanian / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Policymakers claim that the benefits households gain from educating their children to primary level are great. But if so, why do so many poor Indian households not take advantage of state schooling? When children from poor households ...
- Identifying trends in school attendance, literacy and gender
- V. Ramachandran / Indiasocial.org, 2003
- This is an overview of a collection of 10 case studies on backward and forward linkages that strengthen primary education. The case studies describe efforts, both voluntary and governmental, to address the reasons that specific...
- The techniques of creating and adapting hand-drawn educational materials
- Network Learning, 2002
- This publication shows how to make small-scale, hand-drawn, educational materials which can be adapted for different uses. The publication includes an example manual written for non-literate traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in Indi...
- Report on research into implementation and effects of HIV education in Kenya and India
- T. Boler; R. Adoss; A. Ibrahim; M. Shaw / ActionAid International, 2003
- One of the key responses to the AIDS crisis has been the provision of school–based HIV/AIDS education. However, this work has often been led by those specialising in HIV and has not sufficiently drawn upon sound pedagogic practic...
- Analysis of the world education indicators
- OECD Education and Skills, 2002
- This report seeks to analyse the education indicators developed through the OECD/UNESCO World Education Indicators (WEI) programme. The volume is the third in a series of publications and it examines both the investments and returns t...
- Provision of primary education for all in Mumbai, India
- V. Tatke / Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
- This case study is an attempt to delve into how different people and institutions in Mumbai came together in partnership to work for ensuring access to primary education for every child in the city, what strengthened this partnership ...
- To what extent does poverty influence educational performance?
- B. K. Pradhan; A. Subramanian / National Council of Applied Economic Research, India, 1999
- Rapid globalisation and fast paced technological progress across the globe present new challenges for India with gradual opening up of its economy to international competition. The amount and the quality of education and skills that I...
- Muslim women are among India's poorest
- S. Kazi / Minority Rights Group International, 1999
- This report argues that Muslim women are among the poorest, educationally disenfranchised, economically vulnerable, politically marginalized group in India. It further argues that their poor socio-economic status reflects a lack of so...
- A manual for teacher educators in HIV/AIDS (designed for India)
- Education Sector, UNESCO, 2001
- This a practical manual with a number of real life examples giving workshop and lesson plans. The document is divided into three parts: an introduction to the manual, its use and objectives appendices co...
- Can distance learning encourage more women in Asia to participate in higher education?
- A. Kanwar; M. Taplin / Commonwealth of Learning, 2001
- The document presents a number of case studies exploring women's participation in higher education. It is noted that a number of factors have traditionally hindered women's education at this level and that distance education can addre...
- 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
