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Achieving Universal Elementary Education in India

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  • Rukmini Banerji

    (Rukmini Banerji is Research Director, Pratham, B4/54, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India; e-mail: rukmini.banerjee@gmail.com)

  • Anit N. Mukherjee

    (Anit N. Mukherjee (corresponding author) is a Fellow at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, 18/2 Satsang Vihar Marg, Special Institutional Area, New Delhi 110067; e-mail: anit@nipfp.org.in)

Abstract

India's programme for universalisation of elementary education, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), is regarded as the largest such programme in the world. Over the last five years, impressive strides have been made in improving infrastructure, ensuring access, bringing out-of-school children into the mainstream education system and appointing teachers. In the next phase of the SSA, until 2012, the focus needs to shift to retention and quality, which are interlinked. Children's learning achievements can be improved significantly through appropriate strategies of teacher training and remedial education. The financial requirements for enhancing the quality of primary education will have to be ensured through a mix of fiscal measures, devolution strategies and new implementation mechanisms.

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  • Rukmini Banerji & Anit N. Mukherjee, 2008. "Achieving Universal Elementary Education in India," Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research, vol. 2(2), pages 213-228, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:mareco:v:2:y:2008:i:2:p:213-228
    DOI: 10.1177/097380100800200204
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    Keywords

    Elementary Education; Education Financing; Public Policy; JEL Classification: I20; JEL Classification: I22; JEL Classification: I28;
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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