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Letting Girls Learn: Promising Approaches in Primary and Secondary Education
Herz, Barbara; Subbarao, K.; Habib, Masooma; Raney, Laura - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper analyses the benefits from female education (who gains and in what ways) and the constraints (direct and … opportunity costs, reflecting economics and tradition). It then outlines promising approaches for increasing female education. The … demand for female education can be strengthened gradually through economic and sectoral policies that increase the returns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945480
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K to 12: The Key to Quality Education?
eSocialSciences; Senate Economic Planning Office SEPO - 2012
The continuous deterioration of the quality of education in the Philippines has prompted the DepEd to push for the … high school in the basic education cycle. The proposal has spurred a heated debate on whether it could lead to improvements … or just exacerbate the present state of education in the country. [PB-11-02]. URL …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421316
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Adolescent Fertility in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Effects and Solutions
McQueston, Kate; Silverman, Rachel; Glassman, Amanda - eSocialSciences - 2012
Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries presents a severe impediment to development and can lead to school dropout, lost productivity, and the intergenerational transmission of poverty. However, there is debate about whether adolescent pregnancy is a problem in and of itself or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548435
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Children not included in "Inclusive‟ Budget: Where is the "Aam Bachcha†in the Budget, Mr FM?
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2010
Finance Minister’s Pranab Mukherjee’s “inclusive†Budget 2010-11 does not include children, who are over 42 per cent of the population. Out of every rupee spent in the budget, he has allotted only 4.63 paise to children.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008464833
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Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2009 (Provisional)
Pratham, Pratham - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of the ASER 2009’s rapid assessment survey in rural areas is twofold: (i) to get reliable estimates of the status of children’s schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic level) at the district level; and (ii) to measure the change in these basic learning and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512483
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Post-Independence Educational Development among Women in India
Pandey, Balaji - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper aims to examine the policy debates on women's education and highlight some of the basic issues affecting the … progress of women's education since the introduction of planned development in the country. [CWDS]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480370
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Incentives in Elementary Education - do They Make a Difference
Ramachandran, Vimala; Mehrotra, Nishi; Jandhyala, Kameshwari - eSocialSciences - 2009
education have been explored with a view to gaining some insights and exploring some possible ways forward in such a diverse and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009916
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EFA Case Study India 2003:Gender Equality in Education (India) Progress in the Last Decade.
Ramachandran, Vimala - eSocialSciences - 2008
specific policy / programme interventions to address gender issues in primary education. They have made an obvious difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487735
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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699174
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‘The Education Question’ from the Perspective of Adivasis: Conditions, Policies and Structures
Veerbhadranaika, P; Kumaran, Revathi Sampath; Tukdeo, … - eSocialSciences - 2012
presents a broad perspective of Adivasi education in India. [NIAS Report]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133269