Access to Elementary Education in India: Politics, Policies and Progress. CREATE Pathways to Access. Research Monograph No. 44

Autor/in	Little, Angela W.
Institution	Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity (CREATE)
Titel	Access to Elementary Education in India: Politics, Policies and Progress. CREATE Pathways to Access. Research Monograph No. 44
Quelle	(2010), (77 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-9018-8151-1
Schlagwörter	Elementary Education; Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Politics of Education; Educational Policy; Access to Education; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Educational Development; Performance Factors; Barriers; Program Implementation; Educational History; Educational Legislation; Change Strategies; Technical Assistance; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementarunterricht; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Politics of education; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Bildungsentwicklung; Leistungsindikator; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Lösungsstrategie; Technische Hilfe; Indien
Abstract	This monograph examines progress in, and policies for, access to elementary education over the past 60 years, the role played by political factors in the process of policy formulation and implementation and the drivers and inhibitors of the implementation of reforms in elementary education in recent years in India. Drawing on interviews and documentary sources, the monograph analyses the growth in central direction and international support for elementary education alongside the parallel and at times countervailing trend towards decentralisation and community participation. It outlines the tensions between agendas focused on expansion, quality improvement, human rights and economic development that led to the legal enactment in 2009 of the Right to Education. Overall, political will is found to be an important driver of progress while corruption, resistance by vested interests and the general condition of poverty in rural areas are among the key inhibitors. (Contains 10 footnotes and 1 table.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10