India and Education
- Capital:
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
- Open and distance learning, blended learning, and administration and management practices in ICTs
- UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2011
- This is a research study on the use of ICT for higher education in the Asia and Pacific region. This publication highlights the results from case studies that investigated the use of ICT in three areas: open and distance learning; ble...
- Exploring the social and economic situation of people with disabilities in India
- P. O’Keefe / World Bank, 2007
- There is growing evidence that people with disabilities comprise a sizable group of the Indian population. This report explores their social and economic situation and discusses the required public and private sector interventions des...
- Disabled young people's perceptions of the role played by education in their lives, India
- N. Singal; R. Jeffery; A. Jain / Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty, 2009
- This paper analyses data on how disabled young people in urban and rural India understand the role played by education in their lives. The research aimed to gain access to the voices, views, feelings and experiences of the young peopl...
- Educational deprivation in South Africa and India
- Yusuf Sayed / Department for International Development, UK, 2007
- Across the globe, differences of gender, class, race, caste and ethnicity continue to create inequalities. Both India and South Africa have governments committed to promoting inclusive education and policies designed to tackle discrim...
- Shortage of qualified teachers means the Education for All goal for 2015 will remain elusive
- Y. Duthilleul / UNESCO Library, 2004
- The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate currently taking place among West-African countries on the impact of contract teachers on the education system by providing them with experiences from other parts of the world.&...
- Improving education through performance-based pay in Andhra Pradesh, India- does it work?
- K. Muralidharan; V. Sundararaman / World Bank, 2006
- Performance pay for teachers is frequently suggested as a way of improving educational outcomes in schools, but the empirical evidence to date on its effectiveness is limited and mixed. This study presents results from a randomi...
- The implications of absenteeism amongst teachers and medical personnel in the developing world
- F. H. Rogers (ed) / Development Education Programme, World Bank, 2005
- Absenteeism of teachers and medical personnel is widely cited as a barrier to improvement of education and health outcomes in developing countries, especially in South Asia. But how severe is the problem of absent teachers–and i...
- The National Knowledge Commission's recommendations to the Government of India for the betterment of Higher Education
- National Knowledge Commission, 2009
- This report of the National Knowledge Commission of the Government of India on Higher Education lays down certain guidelines for the betterment of the system. The NKC recommendations on higher education were submitted to the Prime Min...
- The pressure to modify the curriculum to reflect “Hindutva” ideology in Indian schools
- P. Nair / International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 2009
- This paper examines the relationships between various political and religious forces in India in order to obtain a better insight into their cooperated roles in furthering the “Hindutva” (a doctrine that holds that the Ind...
- Lessons learned on integrating disaster risk education into national school curricula
- International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2007
- This report presents an overview of the campaign “Disaster risk reduction begins at school” and the lessons learned from good practice in different countries affected by various natural and man-made disasters. Children are...
- The Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS)
- Indian centre for social science research in media and governance
- Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS)
- Indian research and training organisation specialising on social science research
- Indicus Analytics
- Indian economics research firm
- Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT)
- IIT Bombay, one of the six IITs set up by an Act of Parliament, was established in 1958, at Powai, a northern suburb of Mumbai. The institute has the following broad objectives: To provide the best possible educational facilities for training students for careers in technology and science To provide a creative atmosphere in which higher studies and research thrive both amongst the st...
- ProPoor.org
- Non-profit making website addressign issues related to social development
