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Backward and Forward Linkages that Strengthen Primary Education

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  • Vimala Ramachandran

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The active participation of children in primary education hinges on a plethora of factors. Physical access is just one dimension. Children do not attend school regularly, and even if they do, they do not learn very much because of a range of supply and demand issues. Let us begin with the systemic issues of access, dysfunctional schools, motivation and commitment of teachers and quality of schools. Once children reach school, a variety of factors determine whether they will continue or drop out, whether and how much they will learn and whether they will acquire the interest and the skills to pursue formal education. If and when children do drop out due to poverty/migration, rigid gender roles or other economic factors, the presence or absence of programmes that enable them to get back into the formal system determines whether or not they can get back to school. All these factors are mediated in the larger context of social and gender relations in the community, the employment situation in the area and the prevalence of child labour.

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  • Vimala Ramachandran, 2008. "Backward and Forward Linkages that Strengthen Primary Education," Working Papers id:1640, eSocialSciences.
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    1. Suhail Ahmad Mir & Shaswati Pramanik, 2017. "Socio-religious affiliation and higher education participation of Muslim minorities in India: a probit analysis," Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer;Institute for Social and Economic Change, vol. 19(2), pages 365-386, October.
    2. Nishant Kumar, 2021. "Prioritising Quantity over Quality: Lopsided Approach to Girl Child Education in the Bihar Government’s Schemes," Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Centre for Women's Development Studies, vol. 28(3), pages 346-368, October.

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