Effects of Remoteness on the Quality of Education: A Case Study from North Indian Schools

Autor/inn/en	Mitra, Sugata; Dangwal, Ritu; Thadani, Leher
Titel	Effects of Remoteness on the Quality of Education: A Case Study from North Indian Schools
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 24 (2008) 2, S.168-180 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Elementary Education; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Educational Technology; Migration; Rural Areas; Educational Quality; Distance Education; Technology Integration; Geographic Isolation; Geographic Location; Rural Schools; Access to Education; Faculty Mobility; Teacher Student Ratio; Elementary School Teachers; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementarunterricht; Korrelation; Ausland; Unterrichtsmedien; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Rural areas; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Lehrer-Schüler-Relation; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Indien
Abstract	This paper studies the relationship between geographic remoteness and the quality of primary education in rural Northern India. It then discusses this relationship in the context of educational technology. There is a significant negative correlation between the quality of education and the distance of a school from the nearest urban centre. No correlation was seen between the quality of education and average number of students per teacher or per classroom. The authors suggest that teacher migration and desire for migration are directly responsible for poorer quality of education in remote areas. The role of technology, therefore, becomes vital in such areas. We propose that appropriate educational technology, if designed for that purpose, will be needed to improve the quality of education in non-urban regions where good teachers will not remain. (Contains 2 tables and 10 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10