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, understanding and also talk about the need for major reforms in University education. [Convocation Address at University of Mumbai]. …
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As institutions of higher education engaged in teaching, research and the spread of knowledge, (Higher Educational …
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There are fierce debates over the best way to prepare teachers. Some argue that easing entry into teaching is necessary to attract strong candidates, while others argue that investing in high quality teacher preparation is the most promising approach. Most agree, however, that we lack a strong...
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An evaluation of a program that aims to improve children’s reading skills by providing classes with age‐appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read‐athon. [Working paper No. 305]. URL: [http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/305.pdf].
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the broader environment in which students live, suggesting a learning agenda that stretches far beyond education … help overcome remaining demand-side barriers to enrollment. Nonetheless, the quality of education appears very poor across … cash transfers to students on the basis of attendance and scores, school choice, decentralization combined with published …
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A brief but comprehensive overview of linkages between higher education and the high tech sector and study the major …
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The role of education in economic development has been recognised for quite some time in mainstream economic literature …. Divergence between the private and social rate of return from education is the rationale for intervention by the state in … public expenditure on education. The outcome of these lines of research also has implications for the financing of education …
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connection, the questions relating to entry barriers in higher education and labour market outcomes gain considerable …
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casual employment among workers with education above primary. The results also show that education enhances the probability …
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The paper reviews the existing evidence on migration-poverty interface in the light of the macro and micro level studies in India. It also discusses the extent, patterns, and correlates of short term migration with the help a large set of data collected from rural households in major states in...
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