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BOOKS

Acharya, Sarthi. Access to primary education: rural Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. In A. Vaidyanathan and G. Nair (ed), Elementary education in rural India: a grassroots view. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001.

Aggarwal, Yash. Primary education in Delhi: how much do children learn? New Delhi: NIEPA, 1998.

Ambasht, N.K. and K.B. Rath. A study of the effect of household, community, and school factors on the enrollment, retention and achievement of scheduled tribe children at primary level. In A.K. Sharma (ed), School effectiveness and learning achievement at primary stage: international perspective. New Delhi: NCERT, 1995.

Ananda, G. Ashram schools in Andhra Pradesh. India: Commonwealth Publishers, 1994.

Bashir, Sajita. Government expenditure on elementary education in the nineties. New Delhi: The European Commission, 2000.

Burra, Neera. Born to work: child labour in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Carron, Gabriel and Ta Nagoc Chau. The quality of primary schools in different development contexts. Paris: UNESCO and IIEP, 1996.

Chanana Karuna. Interrogating women’s education: bounded visions, expanding horizons. Jaipur and New Delhi:Rawat.

Clarke, P. Teaching and learning – the culture of pedagogy. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001.

Jalaluddin, A.K. and A.M.R. Choudhury (ed). Getting started: universalizing quality primary education in Bangladesh. Dhaka: University Press, 1997.

Govinda, R. India education report – a profile of basic education. New Delhi: OUP, 2002.

Govinda, R. Capacity building for educational governance at local levels. In R. Govinda and R. Diwan (ed), Community participation and empowerment in primary education. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2003.

Govinda, R. and R. Diwan (ed). Community participation and empowerment in primary education. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2003.

Harris, Mary. Gender sensitivity in primary school mathematics in India. London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 1998.

Premi, Kusum K. (ed). Reforming school education: issues in policy planning and implementation. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1998.

Jeffery, Patricia and Roger Jeffery. Silver bullet or passing fancy? girls’ schooling and population policy. In Cecile Jackson and Ruth Pearson (ed), Feminist visions of development: gender, analysis, and policy. London and New York: Routledge, 1998.

Jha, Jyotsna. Education guarantee scheme and alternative schooling: community based initiative in primary education in Madhya Pradesh. In, From your school to our school. Bhopal: Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission, Government of Madhya Pradesh, 2000.

Jha, Jyotsna, K.B. Saxena and C.V. Baxi. Management process in elementary education – a study of existing practices in selected states in India. India: European Commission, 2001.

Kabeer, Naila, G.B. Nambissan and R. Subhramanian (ed). Child labour and the right to education in South Asia: needs versus rights. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2003.

Karlekar, Malavika. Girls’ access to schooling: an assessment. In Rekha Wazir (ed), The gender gap in basic education: NGOs as change agents. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000.

Kothari, Brij, P.G. Vijaya Sherry Chand and R. Sharma. A review of primary education packages in Madhya Pradesh. Ahmedabad: IIM, 2000.

Krishnaji, N. Poverty, gender and schooling: a study of two districts in Andhra Pradesh. In A. Vaidyanathan and P.R. Gopinathan Nair (ed), Elementary education in rural India: a grassroots view. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001.

Kumar, S. Child labour and education. In B. Singh and S. Mohanty (ed), Children at work: problems and policies. Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1993.

Kumar, Kishna. Social character of learning. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1989.

Mazumdar, Manabi. Educational opportunities in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu: despair and hope. In A. Vaidyanathan and P. R. Gopinathan Nair (ed), Elementary education in rural India – a grassroots view. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001.

Nambissan, Geetha B. Social diversity and regional disparity in schooling: a study of rural Rajasthan. In A. Vaidyanathan and P. R. Gopinathan Nair (ed), Elementary education in rural India: a grassroots view. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001.

Nambissan, Geetha B. and M. Sedwal. Education for all: the situation of dalit children in India. In R. Govinda (ed), India education report: a profile of basic education. New Delhi: OUP, 2002.

Noronha, Anjali. The community in charge: the shades of experience from Madhya Pradesh. In R. Govinda and R. Diwan (ed), Community participation and empowerment in primary education. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2003.

Osborn, Marilyn, E. McNess and P. Broadfoot with A. Pollard and P. Triggs. What teachers do: changing policy and practice in primary education – findings from the PACE project. London and New York: Continuum, 2000.

Panda, Bijoy K. Functions and organizations of tribal schools. New Delhi: Anamika Publishers, 2003.

Pant, S.K. Gender bias in girl child education. New Delhi: Kanishka Publisher, 2002.

Pollard, Andrew and P. Triggs with P. Broadfoot, E. McNess and M. Osborne. What pupils say: changing policy and practice in primary education – findings from the PACE project. London and New York: Continuum, 2000.

Ramachandran, Vimala and H. Sethi. 2000. Rajasthan shiksha karmi project – an overall appraisal. Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), 2000.

Ramachandran, Vimala. Gender and social equity in primary education. India: European Commission, 2002.

Ramachandran, Vimala. (ed). Getting children back to school – case studies in primary education. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2003.

Reddy, V. Eswara. Primary education in the web of poverty culture. In A.K. Sharma (ed), School effectiveness and learning achievement at primary stage: international perspective. New Delhi: NCERT, 1995.

Saldanha, D. Literacy campaigns and basic education. In M. Desai, A. Monterio and L. Narayan (ed), People-centered development. Mumbai: TISS, 1998.

Sarangapani, Padma M. Constructing school knowledge: an ethnography of learning in an Indian village. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2003.

Seshadri, C. and Rajamani. Home language, school language and learning achievement – a study of scheduled caste children. In A.K. Sharma (ed), School effectiveness and learning achievement at primary stage: international perspective. New Delhi: NCERT, 1995.

Shaeffer, S. Collaborating for educational change: the role of teachers, parents and the community in school improvement. Paris: UNESCO, IIEP, 1992.

Sharma, Neerja, et al. Paradigms for evaluating primary education: a study of class V children in government schools. New Delhi: Government of India, 1993.

Singh, Jagpal. In search of quality education: alternative schooling in Meerut district of western Uttar Pradesh. In Yash Aggarwal and Kusum K. Premi (ed), Reforming school education: issues in policy planning and implementation. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1998.

Sinha, Shanta. Child labour in education. In Rekha Wazir (ed), The gender gap in basic education: NGOs as change agents. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000.

Vaidyanathan, A. and P.R. Gopinathan Nair (ed). Elementary education in rural India: a grassroots view. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001.

Varghese, N.V. and A. C. Mehta. Universalization of upper primary education in India: an analysis of school facilities and their cost implications. New Delhi: NIEPA: 1999.

Vyasulu, Vinod. In the wonderland of primary education. In, From your school to our school. Bhopal: Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission, Government of Madhya Pradesh, 2000.

Wazir (ed). The gender gap in basic education: NGOs as change agents. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000.

 

ARTICLES

Aruna, R. Learning thoroughly: primary schooling in Tamil Nadu. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 34(18): 1999:1011-1014.

Bhatty, Kiran. Educational deprivation in India: a survey of field investigation. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 33 (27-28): 1998: 1731-1739 and 1858-1869.

Banerji, R. Why don’t children complete primary school? a case study of low-income neighbourhood in Delhi. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 32(32): 1997: 2053-2063.

Filmer, Deon and L. Prichett. Educational enrollment and attainment in India: household wealth, gender, village and state effects. ‘Journal of Educational Planning and Administration’ 13: 1999: 135-163.

Kaul, Rekha. Accessing primary education – going beyond the classroom. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 36(2): 2001: 155-162.

Kingdon, Geeta G. The quality and efficiency of primary and public education: a case study of urban India. ‘Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics’ 58(1): 1996.

Kumar, Krishna, M. Priyam and S. Saxena. Looking beyond the smokescreen: DPEP and primary education in India. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 36(7): 2001: 560-568.

Mazumdar, Manabi. Financing of basic education in India: private solution to public deficiency. ‘Journal of Educational Planning and administration’ 13(3): 1999: 315-329.

Raina, Vinod. External funds, internal conflicts. ‘Seminar’ 464: April 1998: 42-48.

Ramachandran, V.K., V. Rawal and M. Swaminathan. Investment gaps in primary education, a state-wise study. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 32 (1-2): 1997: 39-45.

Ramachandran, V. Promises, promises. ‘Seminar’ 464: April 1998: 54-59.

Reddy, K.N. Pattern of financing primary education in India. ‘Journal of Educational Planning and Administration’ 9(1): 1995.

Sharma, Rashmi. Universal elementary education: the question of how? ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 33(26): 1998: 1640-1647.

Sharma, Rashmi. What manner of teacher: some lessons from MP. ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ 34 (25): 1999: 1597-1607.

Singh, Manju. Confluence of research and policy in development programmes: a case of shiksha karmi project. ‘Journal of Educational Planning and Administration’: 14(4): 2000: 375-394.

Sinha, Shanta. Child labour and education policy in India. ‘The Administrator’ XLL: 1996:17-19.

Srivastava, Ravi S. Inequality and education security. ‘Indian Journal of Labour Economics’ 42(3): 1999: 431-440.

Swaminathan, Madhura. Economic growth and the persistence of child labour: evidence from an Indian city. ‘World Development’ 26(8): 1998:1513-28.

Tilak, J.B.G. How free is ‘free’ primary education in India? ‘Economic and Political Weeekly’ 31(5 and 6): 1996: 275-82 and 355-66.

Watt, P. Filling the primary education resource gap in the 21st century. ‘International Journal of Social Science’ 162: 1999: 575-583.

 

REPORTS/PAPERS

Ameer, Javed. Making schools effective through partnership. Paper presented at national seminar on school reform strategies. New Delhi: Aga Khan Foundation, European Commission and Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, 2000.

Barik, Satyabrata. Experimentation in education outside the study: experience of the RECs. Paper presented at national seminar on school reform strategies. New Delhi: Aga Khan Foundation, European Commission and Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, 2000.

Barpanda, N. People’s action for primary education: a case study of universalization of primary education in tribal areas of west Orissa. Paper presented at national seminar on school reform strategies. New Delhi: Aga Khan Foundation, European Commission and Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp., 2000.

De, Anuradha, C. Noronha and M. Sampson. India: primary schools and universal elementary education. India education team report no. 3. New Delhi: World Bank, 2001.

DPEP. Every child in school and every child learning. Alternative schooling: the DPEP experience. New Delhi: Ed CIL, 1999.

DPEP, Tamil Nadu. Study of declining enrolment in Class I in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu – a synthesis report. New Delhi: NIEPA, 2000.

DPEP, Uttar Pradesh. Inside the school – a synthesis of case studies of classroom processes. New Delhi: Ed CIL, 2000.

Dreze, Jean and G. Kingdon. School participation in rural area. The development economics discussion paper series no. 18. London: London School of Economics, 1999.

Educational Consultants India Limited. Reaching out further: para-teachers in primary education. New Delhi: 1999.

Educational Consultants India Limited. Strategic breakthrough: micro initiatives for girls’ education – experiments in DPEP. New Delhi: 1999.

Government of India (GOI). Education in India. New Delhi: MHRD, 1998.

Govinda, R. Status of primary education of the urban poor in India: an analytical review. Report no. 105. Paris: UNESCO, International Institute of Education Planning, 1995.

Govinda, R. Reaching the unreached through participatory planning: a study of school mapping in Lok Jumbish. Paris: IIEP, and New Delhi: NIEPA, 1999.

Juneja, Nalini. Constitutional amendment to make education a fundamental right: issue for a follow-up legislation. Occasional paper no. 33. New Delhi: NIEPA, 2003.

Jha, Jyotsna and D. Jhingran. Elementary education for the poorest and other deprived groups: the real challenge of universalization. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research, 2002.

Mehta, Arun C. Status of universal elementary education in the light of NCERT 6th all India educational survey data. Occasional paper no. 27. New Delhi: NIEPA, 1999.

NIEPA. Elementary education in India: where do we stand? District report cards – Vol. I and II. New Delhi: NIEPA, 2003.

PROBE Report. Public report on basic education in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Vasavi, A. R. and K. Chamraj. Community-school interlinks: preliminary report of a socio-anthropological study of primary education in five districts of Karnataka. Bangalore: National Institute of Advanced Studies, 2000.

World Bank. India expanding and improving upper primary education in India. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2001.

 

MIMEOS

Aghnihotri, V. Classroom with a difference: Mallapuram district, Kerala. New Delhi: Ed. CIL, 2000.

Bhat, V.D. Classroom processes: comparative case studies, Pallakad district, Kerala. Mysore: Regional Institute of Education, 2000.

Clarke, P. Executive summary: evaluation of pedagogy, Kolar district. Karnataka, 2000.

DPEP. Child friendly elements for rural primary schools. New Delhi: GOI and Gender Unit of Ed.CIL. (undated).

Gupte, A. Study on classroom processes: Latur district, Maharashtra, 2000.

Jalaluddin, A.K. Basic education and national development, 1991.

Jha, Jyotsna and M. Bhardwaj. Increase in number of women teachers in rural India. India: UNESCO, 2000.

Juneja, Nalini. Report of the national consultation on framing the follow-up legislation to the fundamental right to education. New Delhi: NIEPA, 2002.

Kaul, Rekha. Access and retention in primary education in Karnataka. New Delhi, 2000.

Minhas, B.S. Educational deprivation and its role as a spoiler of access to better life in India. New Delhi: Indian Statistical Institute, 1991.

Nagaraju, C.S. Classroom processes: comparative case studies, Mysore district, Karnataka, 2000.

Saraswati, P. A report on classroom observation study: Chithoor district, Andhra Pradesh, 2000.

Vishakha – group for women’s education and research. A report on classroom observation of teaching learning processes in selected schools of Hisar district, Haryana. New Delhi: Ed.CIL, 2000.

 

SEMINAR ISSUES

Redesigning curricula: a symposium on working a framework for school education. ‘Seminar’ 493, September 2000.

Right to education: a symposium on the state of basic education in our country. ‘Seminar’ 464, April 1998.

Learning to change: a symposium on innovative education in teaching and learning. ‘Seminar’ 436, December 1995.

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