Education

Education has been one of the prime areas for studies at CBPS. Some of the earlier studies reviewed State Rules drafted for the RTE Act as well as financial and governance challenges for its implementation across different states. Impact of audio-video tools for teaching, quality of acceptance of children admitted under the RTE Act 25% reservation criteria, public expenditure analysis, teacher motivation aspects, review of the working conditions of teachers and community engagement in schools are some of the other studies that were conducted. Currently, CBPS is working on reviewing Open and Distance Secondary Education as a strategy for achieving universalisation of education as well as trying to understand the employment and higher education opportunities for those undergoing distance education through National Institute of Open Schooling and State Open Schools. Another study is analysing the status of education in tribal districts of Maharashtra, primarily through academic and school assessments. The process of online application under RTE Act 25% reservation is also being reviewed in Karnataka.

Projects

15 Jun
2018

Centering children in the development debate in India: public action for early start, fair start, and fitting start On Going

Duration: April 2018 - February 2019 Status: On-going Funder/ Partner: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) CBPS is undertaking a study in collaboration with the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences in the area of early childhood care and education (ECCE) to understand the social determinants of early childhood development, and the role of public and private institutions ...
19 Apr
2018

Empowerment based Mentoring Model for Adolescent Girls: Action Research in Bihar On Going

Duration: Apr 2018 - Apr 2021 Status: On-going Funder/ Partner: Malala Fund To demonstrate the impact of an empowerment-based mentoring model for adolescent girls. The mentoring model will develop leadership skills, allow girls to develop critical thinking skills, examining and changing their perception of themselves and their aspirations, and enable actions related to themselves, their...
02 Apr
2018

Quality and Systemic Functioning in Secondary Education in India: A study in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan On Going

Duration: Apr 2018 - Nov 2019 Status: On-going Funder/ Partner: American Jewish World Service In the current Indian context, there is need to focus on secondary education i.e. grades IX to XII, for children between the ages of 14 and 18, for several reasons. Firstly, since the mid 1990s, the enhanced allocation of financial resources through the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the creation of...
26 Sep
2017

Examining the contexts, practices and costs of Early Childhood Care and Education in India: Responsive models for child development On Going

Duration: September 2017 – March 2019 Status: On-going Funder/ Partner: British Academy CBPS is undertaking a study in collaboration with the University of Cambridge on developing responsive models for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in India. The project aims at analysing contexts, practices and costs of ECCE, with a particular focus on disadvantaged families/communities in I...
01 Jun
2017

A Critical Sociological Analysis of the Skills Development Initiative in India On Going

Duration: April 2017 – December 2018 Status: On-going Funder/ Partner: Azim Premji Foundation Skills education and training have come to occupy a centre-stage within macroeconomic policy and educational frameworks of both the developed and developing worlds. In India also skill development programmes have grown at a rapid pace, ever since the recognition given to it as part of the cou...
01 Jun
2017

Research Studies on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) On Going

Duration: May 2017 – September 2017 Status: Ongoing Funder/Partner: Save the Children Save the Children aims to advocate ECCE as a fundamental right for children between the ages of 3 to 6 years. CBPS is commissioned to undertake a comprehensive study to review the status of ECCE policies and programmes in the country implemented by both the private and the public sector. The study woul...
04 Jan
2017

Mid-term review of a Tata Trusts grant to M V Foundation towards “Ensuring Education for Children in Vulnerable Areas across Two States in India” Completed

Duration: December 2016 - April 2017 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: Tata Education and Development Trust, Mumbai CBPS has been entrusted with the Mid-term review for a Tata trust grant to M.V. Foundation for ensuring education for children in vulnerable areas across two states in India. The mid-term review will assess progress against planned activities, review of outputs and of outco...
20 Sep
2016

Scoping Study for Starting Interventions in Karnataka for Room to Read Completed

Duration: September – December 2016 Status: Completed Funder / Partner: Room to Read Room to Read has been working in India since 2003 in the areas of Literacy and Girls’ Education. In the past thirteen years, Room to Read has helped set up libraries in government schools, trained teachers on literacy instruction, published children’s literature in local language and provided mat...
14 Jun
2016

Skills Development, Social Mobility and Educational Change: A Sociological Analysis of the Effects of the National Policy on Skills Development in India Completed

Duration: June 2016 - December 2016 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: Azim Premji Foundation Internationally, skills have come to be accepted as the key drivers of economic prosperity and social mobility (Gibb and Walker, 2011; Keep and Mayhew, 2010; Nikson, Warhurst Cullen and Watt, 2003). The new skills discourse is not just a reinstatement of the earlier emphasis on practical or vocat...
30 Mar
2016

Study on the Current Situation of Boys and their Engagement with Learning in the Commonwealth Completed

Duration: Dec 2015 - May 2016 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: Commonwealth of Learning This study is a desk-based review of the current situation of boys and their engagement with learning in the Commonwealth countries. The purpose of this study is to get a clear picture on the current situation of boys’ underachievement in the Commonwealth in order to facilitate synergised efforts a...

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