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

  • 08 Feb
    2014
    National Study on Working Conditions of Teachers: Karnataka and Jharkhand Completed
    Duration: Feb 2014 - Aug 2014 Status: Completed Funder/Partner: National University for Education Planning and Administration (NUEPA) CBPS has been commissioned by NUEPA to participate in their 9-State National Study on Working Conditions of Teachers. The research study documents and analyses the recruitment and deployment policies and practice, salary and working conditions (transfer, po...
  • 08 Jan
    2014
    Open and Distance Learning as a Cost-effective Option for Secondary Level Schooling in India: Potential and Prerequisites Completed
    Duration: Jan 2014 - Aug 2018 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education (PSIPSE) supported by the MacArthur Foundation, the MasterCard Foundation, the Human Dignity Foundation, Wellspring Advisors, Intel Foundation, and ELMA Philanthropies Services. Secondary education in general and ODL at secondary level in particular is...
  • 08 Nov
    2013
    A Study on Community Engagement with Schools in Five States Completed
    Duration: November 2013- February 2014 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: CARE India, Oxfam India, Save the Children India Under the DFID-supported International NGOs Partnership Agreement Programme (IPAP) as part of a joint programming proposal on Inclusive Education between Save the Children, Oxfam, and Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat), the three INGOs decided to commission a “St...
  • 08 Nov
    2013
    A Study of the Quality of Acceptance of Disadvantaged Children Admitted Under RTE Act 12(c) of the Act by Private Unaided Schools Completed
    Duration: 2013 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Karnataka The present study aims to understand the quality of acceptance of disadvantaged children who have been admitted to private unaided schools under Section 12(c) of the RTE Act. This is a pilot study to be conducted in the Bangalore Urban District where 45 schools will be covered in 9 ranges such that there is...
  • 08 Nov
    2012
    Evaluation of the Educational Leadership Development Programme (ELDP) Completed
    Duration: 2013 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: World Bank and Policy Planning Unit An evaluation of the ELDP programme was undertaken by Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS) Bangalore. The main objective of this evaluation study was to examine the process of development of an ELDF; to examine whether processes, methods used, facilitation, content and design are in alignment with...
  • 08 Nov
    2012
    Budget Analysis of Public Expenditure in Education in Karnataka (1999-2000 to 2012-13) Completed
    Duration: 2012 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: Global Development Network This study looked into the real and nominal spending in all sectors of education and to find out trends of wage, non wage expenditure. It also analyzed the priorities of education spending by undertaking deeper analysis of spending in elementary and secondary education in Karnataka.  
  • 08 Nov
    2012
    Financial and Governance Challenges of Implementing Right to Education Act 2009 in Odisha, India Completed
    Duration: May - July 2012 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: CARE (India) The study analysed the financial and governance challenges for implementing Right to Education Act 2009 in the state of Odisha. Using the method of estimation,the overall fund requirements for implementation of RTE was calculated. Working Paper: Two working papers were developed based on our studies related to R...
  • 08 Sep
    2012
    Evaluative Study of a Private Initiative for Curricular Change in Elementary Schools in India: Phase I Completed
    Duration: September - December 2012 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: CBPS An evaluative study on XSEED, a programme pitched and marketed by iDiscoveri as a comprehensive curriculum strategy to improve the quality of teaching and learning in every classroom in India. Phase I is a desk review of their teaching-learning materials and development of tools to measure learning outcomes for s...
  • 19 Mar
    2012
    Estimation of Financial and Governance Challenges for Karnataka with the implementation of Right to Education 2009 Completed
    Duration: 2011-12 Funder/ Partner: Global Development Network This study looked at present day allocations, expenditure and institutional mechanisms in the elementary education system in Karnataka. It aimed to estimate the fund requirements and the governance challenges that the state faces to deliver with the implementation of the Right to Education Act 2009. Working Paper: Two working ...
  • 08 Nov
    2011
    Study on Teacher Motivation and Incentives in Bihar Completed
    Duration: 2011 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: USAID The study aimed at providing with information on accountability and motivation at various levels of the teacher education value-chain in Bihar. It also aimed to suggest practical and logistically feasible systemic improvements that could result in accountable and motivated teachers in the schools in a large school system such as Biha...

Areas of Work