What does quality education truly mean, and how can we ensure it is accessible to all children, regardless of their background? This book delves into these pressing questions, offering a comprehensive exploration of the challenges and opportunities within Indias education system.
What does quality education truly mean, and how can we ensure it is accessible to all children, regardless of their background? This book delves into these pressing questions, offering a comprehensive exploration of the challenges and opportunities within Indias education system.
Why do millions of children in India attend school yet still struggle to acquire basic literacy and numeracy skills? This book examines the varied reasons behind poor learning outcomes, illustrating why high enrolment rates have not translated into meaningful educational progress. It underscores the urgent need to shift the focus from merely getting children into schools to ensuring they learn and thrive. Through real-world case studies, insightful policy analysis, and a focus on innovative state and national initiatives, the book unpacks what works in educationand what doesnt. From the role of teachers and school leadership to the importance of inclusive policies and community engagement, it offers a holistic view of the factors influencing student achievement.
Part of the Innovations, Practice and the Future of Public Policy in India series, this open access volume will interest policy professionals, academics, and researchers in education, pedagogy, curriculum design, education economics, and development studies.
This book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Preface.
Acknowledgements Introduction Part I Overview
1. Global Learning Crisis and
Cumulative Learning Deficit in India
2. Improved Social Participation and
Learning Outcomes in Schools: A Review of Initiatives Since 1986
3. Managing
Learning Outcomes: What is to be Done?
4. Improving Learning Outcomes at
Scale: Learning from System-focused Programmes Part II Data
5. Data and
Governance in Education: A Review of the Indian Experience
6. Improving
Learning Outcomes in India Through Large Scale Assessments: Learnings From
Educational Initiatives
7. Evidence and Effective Interventions: What Do
Studies Tell Us About Improving Learning Outcomes in India?
8. Learning from
the National Achievement Studies on Performance of States Part III States
9.
School Education Reforms in Karnataka: Focus on Teacher and Child
10.
Activity Based Learning (ABL) in Tamil Nadu
11. Evolving as High Performing
Education System
12. Initiation for Improving Learning Outcomes in Bihar:
Reflection on State-Specific Interventions
13. Vijay Kiran Anand - Improving
Schools in Uttar Pradesh - Learning from Successes and Failures
14.
Transformative Education Reforms in Punjab, India: A Comprehensive Overview
Part IV Teachers
15. Against All Odds: DIETs and Quality Pre-Service Teacher
Education in India
16. The Valiant Government Schoolteachers of India: A View
From the Ground
17. Challenges to Improve Learning Levels of All Children in
Government Primary Schools in Rural Haryana. Index
N.V. Varghese is Distinguished Visiting Professor at IIT Bombay and former NIEPA Vice Chancellor. He is a global expert in educational planning, with over 40 books and 250 publications to his name. Vrinda Sarup is a retired IAS officer; he led national education programmes like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and continues to advise on school education and public policy reforms. Anuradha De is an economist and Senior Policy Advisor at CESP, and has led pioneering field-based research on education, welfare schemes, and development through CORD and major national studies like PROBE. Amarjeet Sinha is a former IAS officer and policy expert; he has shaped key national programmes in education, health, and rural development, with a focus on inclusive and last-mile governance; he is currently a member of the Public Enterprises Selection Board.
