A Slippery Slope: Early Learning and Equity in Rural India

Autor/inn/en	Zhao, Yiran Vicky; Bhattacharjea, Suman; Alcott, Benjamin
Titel	A Slippery Slope: Early Learning and Equity in Rural India
Quelle	In: Oxford Review of Education, 49 (2023) 1, S.93-113 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zhao, Yiran Vicky) ORCID (Bhattacharjea, Suman) ORCID (Alcott, Benjamin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-4985
DOI	10.1080/03054985.2022.2101442
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Early Childhood Education; Disadvantaged; Social Differences; Educational Policy; Child Development; Outcomes of Education; Achievement Gains; Learning Processes; Low Achievement; High Achievement; Mothers; Educational Attainment; Comparative Analysis; Indians; Gender Differences; Social Environment; Access to Education; Equal Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Sozialer Unterschied; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Kindesentwicklung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Mother; Mutter; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Inder; Geschlechterkonflikt; Soziales Umfeld; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang
Abstract	There is near consensus that early childhood education and care (ECEC) is essential to children's early development. A common corollary is that early learning will be pivotal to helping redress inequities in educational outcomes. We examine whether this is true among rural communities in the Indian states of Assam, Rajasthan, and Telangana. Specifically, we assess whether learning gains for the most disadvantaged are retained in comparison to more advantaged children who had lower initial learning levels. We find that lower-achieving, more advantaged children (as measured by mother's education) soon overtake higher-achieving but less advantaged children. In contrast, higher-achieving girls remain ahead of lower-achieving boys in Assam and Telangana, although they are caught up in Rajasthan. Given the differing patterns across the states, we explore the extent to which these may be shaped by their respective social and policy contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01