This report aims to ‘crack the code’, or to decipher the factors that hinder or facilitate girls’ and women’s participation, achievement and continuation in STEM education, and what can be done by the...
by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultura UNESCO | On 21 Nov 2017 This report outlines the findings of a longitudinal study conducted by Akshara Foundation in
Hoskote Block of Bangalore Rural district. The study employed a controlled before-and-after
design to com...
by K. Vaijayanti | On 31 Aug 2016 Considering participation in the Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress (USSTC) as an effective marker for participation of women researchers in the scientific arena of the state, for the t...
by Rajesh Shukla | On 28 Jul 2014 Indian women have been leaders in politics for many years, dating back to the time of Indira Gandhi. The President, speaker of the Lok Sabha, and the leader of the Congress Party are all women. But in...
by Indo-US Science and Technology Forum | On 28 Jul 2014 Universities are knowledge based organizations whose functions are largely confined to teaching and research. They are designed to operate to discover and disseminate knowledge by possessing significa...
by George Varghese | On 28 Jul 2014 India is witnessing a growing tendency among talented students to pursue studies in areas other than mathematics and basic sciences. To realize our vision of India as a knowledge society, it is essent...
by National Knowledge Commission | On 28 Jul 2014 In India, the entire schooling span is divided into multiple stages beginning with nursery or pre-schooling (at home, kindergarten or crèches, age group 3 to 5), followed by primary (class I to IV, ag...
by George Varghese | On 28 Jul 2014 The authors examine here the option exercised by students at 10 + 2 level for science subjects vis-à-vis accounts and economics for a 11-year period, from 1992 to 2002 based on the data obtained from...
by B. M. Gupta | On 28 Jul 2014 This paper outlines HBCSE's approach to developing a model for inservice
teacher
professional development (TPD) for elementary education in India. The focus is on achieving
competence and academic...
by Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education HBCSE | On 28 Jul 2014 Is there a gender gap in mathematics across many low- and middle-income countries?
A detailed, comparable test score data is used to analyze this. Micro level data on school performance linked
to h...
by Prashant Bharadwaj | On 04 Oct 2012 This brief uses Government reported data to analyse Sarva Shiksha Ahiyan performance along the following parameters: a) Overall trends in allocation and expenditures, b) Expenditure performance across...
by Accountability Initiative | On 16 Mar 2012 In the vision of the Group, school mathematics takes place in a situation where: (1) Children learn to enjoy mathematics, (2) Children learn important mathematics, (3) Mathematics is a part of childre...
by R. Ramanujam | On 01 Oct 2007 This paper reports on the human aspect of a two-and-half-year collaboration between mathematics teachers of the City University of New York (CUNY), and grassroots organizers in rural Tamil Nadu. Repor...
by Vrunda Prabhu | On 19 Aug 2007 The paper discusses the relationship between two approaches to the integration of research with teaching practice, the Design Experiment and Teaching-Research. The Design Experiment approach is based...
by Bronislaw Czarnocha | On 26 Sep 2006 Despite a general lack of public awareness about mathematics, there is in this country a feeling that we are very good at mathematics and there is a certain pride in its past achievements. We have no...
by M S Raghunathan | On 08 Aug 2005 Cover page
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