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The book offers insight into the intricate process of planning and executing diverse initiatives in the school education sector in India. It delves into the collaborative efforts between administrators, school leaders, teachers, parents, and students to enhance school quality and foster meaningful student engagement. It examines selected states from various geographical zones within its unique socio-political context. It conducts thorough analyses through baseline and end-line studies to track progress or stagnation over time. It addresses critical issues pertaining to student participation in schools, emphasizing the relationship between school progress and student involvement. It also explores the roles played by different stakeholders in this process and offers insightful policy recommendations for future implementation. Overall, the book provides a comprehensive overview of student participation in elementary schools at the state-specific and national levels. With its wide-ranging scope and rigorous methodology, this book is of interest to students, academics, policymakers, educational practitioners, and other stakeholders involved in school education.
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Introduction.- Provisioning of Schooling Facilities and School Participation of Children in India: An Overview of Literature.- Research Methodology.- Socio-Economic Profile and Political Context of the States under Study.- Present Situation of School Participation: An Overview.- School Profile and School Improvement.- Teachers and Teaching Learning Environment.- School Participation of Children.- Discussion and Conclusion.
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Dr. Madhumita Bandyopadhyay is a Professor & Head in the Department of School and Non-Formal Education at the National Institute of Educational Research and Training (NIEPA). She has received her Phd. Degree in Geography from Centre for Studies of Regional Development, School of Social Science, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her interests include policy analysis, decentralized planning and management, and education of girls and deprived groups. She has conducted field-based and empirical research on various development issues, including education. She has been involved as lead researcher in a DFID-funded international consortium on research on Educational, Access Transition and Equity in which NIEPA has been a partner institute with the University of Sussex, U.K. She has completed an international project funded by British Council and ked by University of Sussex UK. She has contributed papers to many national and international conferences i.e. BAICE, BERA, UKFEIT, CIES, WCCES, WAC, CESI, IFOR and published papers in many journals and books. In her most recent publication, she jointly edited a book on `Education, Democracy and Development' with Prof. N.V. Varghese. She has been the present focal point for ANTRIEP, a net work of Asian countries in collaboration with IIEP Paris and editor of the it's Newsletter since 2016.
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The book offers insight into the intricate process of planning and executing diverse initiatives in the school education sector in India. It delves into the collaborative efforts between administrators, school leaders, teachers, parents, and students to enhance school quality and foster meaningful student engagement. It examines selected states from various geographical zones within its unique socio-political context. It conducts thorough analyses through baseline and end-line studies to track progress or stagnation over time. It addresses critical issues pertaining to student participation in schools, emphasizing the relationship between school progress and student involvement. It also explores the roles played by different stakeholders in this process and offers insightful policy recommendations for future implementation. Overall, the book provides a comprehensive overview of student participation in elementary schools at the state-specific and national levels. With its wide-ranging scope and rigorous methodology, this book is of interest to students, academics, policymakers, educational practitioners, and other stakeholders involved in school education.
