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

02 Apr
2018

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

Duration: April 2018 - July 2020 Status: Completed 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...
26 Sep
2017

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

Duration: September 2017 – September 2019 Status: Completed 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/communitie...
01 Jun
2017

A Critical Sociological Analysis of the Skills Development Initiative in India Completed

Duration: April 2017 – December 2018 Status: Completed 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 co...
01 Jun
2017

Research Studies on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Completed

Duration: May 2017 – September 2017 Status: Completed 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 wo...
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...
08 Jun
2015

Review of Newly Introduced Online Process for Admissions under Right to Education Act, Section 12 (1)(c) in Private Unaided Schools in Karnataka Completed

Duration: Jun 2015 - Jun 2016 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: NUEPA, New Delhi (through Grants-in-Aid by MHRD) This review attempts to analyse the newly introduced online process for admissions under RTE 12(1)(c) in Bangalore to understand the process and its gaps, learnings for the Department and experiences of cluster/block/district/state level officials, parents and school administ...
08 Apr
2015

Study to Review Status of Education in Tribal Areas in Maharashtra Completed

Duration: Apr 2015 - Dec 2016 Funder/ Partner: UNICEF, Mumbai Statistics for education amongst tribal children in Maharashtra depict lower literacy levels and educational attainment. This study aims to understand the status of educational attainment for tribal populations in select districts with high, medium and low levels of tribal enrollment, policies/programmes that ensure special attent...

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