IIM Lucknow NOIDA CAMPUS | Identifying Innovation Strategy for Primary Education in rural India | SMTI Project Proposal | 30th-Dec-2013 | Submitted To:Prof Arun K Jain | Submitted By:Ajit JhaVikas HajelaYogesh Verma | WMP08052WMP08093WMP08095 | | Section- B | | Contents Executive Summary: 2 Few common issues in rural education in India 2 Research Objectives 3 Approach 3 References 3 Executive Summary: The number of illiterates in India is estimated to be over 400 million
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question we wish to pose today is; is the current National Education Policy (NEP) of Pakistan capable of achieving that which its predecessors have failed to deliver? The answer to this question is not quite as simple as it may seem at first sight. In the course of this paper, we intend to take a step back from the deluge of specific data available on Pakistan’s educational sector and instead, analyze the broad strategic importance of education and the NEP at large. Furthermore, we would, through the
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and able to fulfil their desires and potential as other children from other nations around the world. Forty percent of children in India are vulnerable to experience difficulties (Actionaid India, 9). Extreme poverty, social stratification, lack of education, and child labor have had devastating consequences on India’s children; these reasons are the main causes that create the phenomenon of street children in India, and especially in Mumbai. Many poor households due to the low wages in adult labor
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Sparta faced both internal and external opposition. Spartan fear of being overpowered by servant helots, and later Athens, generated the development of a very specific form of education for Sparta’s defense. Did educating in war tactics rather than academic studies prove beneficial against the costs? No, Sparta’s education decimated its chances of surviving by not planning future growth, not promoting alliance with neighboring city-states, and by training citizens solely in battle. Sparta’s lone
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extreme poverty and violence, as well as an overall lack of available education and medical care. Luis Barrios and David Brotherton, authors of “Dominican Republic” (2004), asserted “the current state of affairs is partly the legacy of decades of corrupt authoritarian rule, and partly due to the political betrayal and moral bankruptcy of the country’s elites who failed to bring to fruition the promises of democracy.” The disparities in income and education between the richest and the poorest in this country
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linguistic skills, attitudes and values, and family structure and parental support. Intellectual and linguistic skills * Cultural deprivation theorists see the lack of intellectual and linguistic skills as a major cuase of underachievement for the minor majority of people. * They argue that many children from low income black families lack intellectual stimulation and enriching experiences. * This leaves them poorly equipped for school as they have not been able to develop reasoning and problem
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their preferred teachers in the vacant constituency. Since the teacher appointed has the favor of the local interest group by his side, it opens the system to malpractices such as rent seeking. The teacher thus displays high levels of absenteeism. The lack of a proper supervisory system makes this malpractice easy to carry out. Especially in the primary schools and in rural areas, the teachers appointed are heavily influenced by the political parties. (Memon, Joubish and Khurram 2010) The example of
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Interest Currently, there is a lengthy list of interesting topics pertaining to the current status in special education. The list was narrowed down to three high profile topics that my school district is currently dealing with. The topics are student post high school transition, school bullying and school safety, and the increasing growth of students diagnosed with Autism and the lack of teachers qualified to educate those students. The expectation of students after graduating from high school
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important reasons why college is important to me is that I want to be a role model for my two daughters. Secondly, furthering my education can mean a many great opportunities for advancing in my career and in life. Leading or setting the example for my daughters is very important to me. By actively portraying to my daughters the importance of having a college education after high school, they will engage into participating in a plethora of new opportunities in their own lives which will enhance
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acceptable career options for women, causing them to fight these injustices legally in courts and participating in strikes and protests. On average, women received inferior education when compared to men, which prevented many women from becoming skilled workers; therefore, women claimed that the education system needed reforms due to the lack of equality. As a significant Antebellum reform movement, abolitionism attracted many women, which in turn caused them to reflect upon their own similarities with slaves
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