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Authors Name: Vimala Ramachandran

Getting the Right Teachers into the Right Schools: Managing India’s Teacher Workforce

This study comes at a pertinent moment in the history of education in India, when there is a lot of pressure to improve the quality of schools and ensure that children learn. The Right to Education (R...

On 08 Dec 2017

Primary School Teachers: The Twists and Turns of Everyday Practice

The paper examines the role played by of classroom environment in the development of a teacher. The paper studies the concept of 'teacher development' in India. URL:[http://www.eruindia.org/files/Tea...

On 08 Jul 2011

Flying with the Crane-Recapturing KMVS’s Ten-Year Journey

This document is at the behest of KMVS and is an effort to hold up a mirror to their journey. It is a documentation of their history, context, evolution, and experiences since its emergence in 1989. A...

On 01 Dec 2009

Incentives in Elementary Education - do They Make a Difference

This study tried to bring together the experiences of different approaches to incentives followed by six NGOs in the states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Issues deal...

On 11 Aug 2009

Balika Shikshan Shivir, Lok Jumbish

Evaluations of Balika Shikshan Shivir of Lok Jumbish Rajasthan was carried out with the objective of capturing the tangible and intangible outcomes, areas of concern thrown up by this experience and...

On 29 Apr 2009

External Aid in Elementary Education: A Double-Edged Sword

During 1992-97 external assistance in education contributed less than 5 per cent of the total of Rs 9,201 crore spent by the government (central and state) on elementary education. Of this a major chu...

On 23 Sep 2008

Backward and Forward Linkages that Strengthen Primary Education

The active participation of children in primary education hinges on a plethora of factors. Physical access is just one dimension. Children do not attend school regularly, and even if they do, they do...

On 10 Sep 2008

Adult Education: A Tale of Empowerment Denied

the paper examines the current situation of adult education schemes in India and their impacts on the Indian society.

On 03 Sep 2008

EFA Case Study India 20 June 2003: Gender Equality in Education (India) Progress in the Last Decade.

The decade of the 1990s has seen noteworthy progress in the field of elementary education. There has been progressive improvement in overall literacy levels across the country. The problem of access h...

On 20 Aug 2008

Factors Influencing Successful Primary School Completion for Chidren in Poverty Context.

The current paper is an attempt to capture the process of child development along the age continuum of 0 to 11, with special reference to children living in diverse poverty situations.

On 08 Aug 2008

EFA Case Study India 2003:Gender Equality in Education (India) Progress in the Last Decade.

While the decline in infrastructure, functionality, quality and attitudes affect all children, given the prevailing social inequalities and hierarchies, these factors affect poor children and among th...

On 28 Jul 2008

Through the Life Cycle of Children

There are certain factors that impede the successful completion of child’s primary education. Poverty, class, gender are some of the factors which affects the child’s school participation. The present...

On 24 Jun 2008

CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS, CREDIT AND PRODUCTIVE ASSETS KEY TO SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD [Women's mobilisation in Nellore and Anantapur Districts of Andhra Pradesh]

The paper tell the story of women in Nellore, Anantpur districts of Andhra Pradesh who came together, saved one rupee each day and used it for their production and consumption purposes. They started b...

On 19 Jun 2008

Fostering Opportunities to Learn At An Accelerated Pace: Why Do Girls Benefit Enormously?

A major challenge in achieving universal education lies in ensuring that girls who have missed the school bus or simply got off the bus too early, can realise their right to quality, basic education....

On 22 Aug 2007

Teacher Motivation in India

This paper is based on a recent study on teacher motivation in India, which is part of an international research project on this topic covering 12 countries in South Asia and Africa. This study is bas...

On 07 Jan 2006