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Position Paper: National Focus Group on Education of Children with Special Needs
eSocialSciences; National Council of Educational … - 2011
The paper discusses the issues relating to the provisions, practices and curricular concerns for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). Though SEN may result from a number of factors, in this paper, however, we are concerned with those arising from physical, sensory and intellectual...
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Extended Families and Child Well-being
LaFave, Daniel; Thomas, Duncan - eSocialSciences - 2014
relationship between three measures of health- and education-related human capital of children and the distribution of resources … among extended family members. IFLS is ideally suited for this research since the survey collects detailed information about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011026234
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The Universities for Research and Innovation Bill, 2012
eSocialSciences; Parliamentary Research Service PRS - 2012
them to emerge as centres for ecosystems to develop as hubs of education, research and innovation and to promote research …A bill to provide for the establishment and incorporation of Universities for Research and Innovation and for enabling … incidental thereto. [PRS]. URL:[http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/Universities%20for%20Research%20and%20Innovation …
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An Arrested Virtuous Circle? Higher Education and High-Tech Industries in India
Basant, Rakesh; Mukhopadhyay, Partha - eSocialSciences - 2009
A brief but comprehensive overview of linkages between higher education and the high tech sector and study the major … regulatory structure that separates research from the university and discourages good faculty from joining, which erodes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012253
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Transgenics in Indian Agriculture: Experiences so far and implications of KIA proposals on Indian Farmers
V, Ramanjaneyulu G - eSocialSciences - 2008
KIA proposes to bring a paradigm shift in Indian Agriculture in terms of human resource development, research … themes namely, (i) education, learning resources, curriculum development and training, (ii) food processing, use of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699119
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Girls, Educational Equity and Mother Tongue-based Teaching
Benson, Carol - eSocialSciences - 2007
One of the principal mechanisms through which inequality is reproduced is language, specifically the language used as the medium of instruction. The learner’s mother tongue holds the key to making schooling more inclusive for all disadvantaged groups, especially for girls and women.
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Change in Karnataka over the Last Generation: Villages and the Wider Context
Manor, James - eSocialSciences - 2006
leaders to induce dramatic change. One of the main themes here is the increasing impact of high-level decisions and events … change on a number of fronts at the state level, and part IV considers changes at the village level. Part V addresses links …
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Climate Variability and Climate change: Implications for Chronic Poverty
Scott, Lucy - eSocialSciences - 2008
for adaptation to climate change should be the present. The focus should not just be on scenarios of the future; combined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341796
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India's Climate Change Policy and Trade Concerns: Issues, Barriers and Solutions
eSocialSciences; Centre for Trade and Development CENTAD - 2008
This study assesses the Five Year Plans and relevant government policies adopted to garner India's climate change goals … and priorities. It attempts to highlight key climate change concerns from a brief sector- specific analysis: examining it … change, and the expectations from the Union Budget 2008-09. [Climate Brief-2]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341842
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Participation in a School Incentive Programme in Karnataka
Bernhardt, Sharon - eSocialSciences - 2006
Development education policy has recently focused on school-based recognition and conditional cash transfer programs to … that focus on levels (rather than changes) of achievement can exacerbate inequality in education. In addition, our findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528325