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Ajay Deshpande
Sayan Mitra
• Teacher absence
• Quality of instruction
7. http://www.dpepmis.org/webpages/reports&studies.htm (DISE)
8. http://www.indiastat.com/
9. http://www.educationforallinindia.com/
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10%
drops
out at
each
level.
• Mean score for Hindi and English medium schools are statistically
different in math
– In English medium schools 38% students failed to score > 40% in math.
– In Hindi medium schools math score 40% < language 56%
• Mean score of SC students is 8-10% < general
• Girls scored < boys
• Children with pre-primary education scored 8-10% more than those
without
• Class I scores >> Class V scores
20
18
16
14
Language I
12
Language III
10
Math I
8
Math III
6
4
2
0
<30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 >80
20
18
16
14
Language Boys
12
Language Girls
10
Math Boys
8
Math Girls
6
4
2
0
<30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 >80
20
18
16
14
12 Language Urban
Language Rural
10
Math Urban
8
Math Rural
6
4
2
0
<30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 >80
Rural students doing better in languages. Urban students doing better in math.
19th June 2006 MIT India Reading Group
Teachers: statistics
• Who can become teacher at primary
schools?
– 12th pass + 2-yr training (DIET)
– Para teachers
• 3.67 million teachers
– 48.5% in primary
– 35% in primary + higher
– 85% in rural areas
• Remoteness of school
• Multi-grade teaching