Gender and Social Equity in Primary Education

Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Boxes......Page 8
Abbreviations and Glossary of Indian Terms......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Section 1: Desk Research......Page 18
1 - Introduction......Page 20
2 - What DPEP and Other Data Sources Reveal......Page 33
3 - Hierarchies of Access......Page 71
4 - Institutional Mechanisms and Strategies......Page 91
5 - Alternative Schools and Education Guarantee Scheme......Page 121
6 - Inside the Classroom: Content Analysis of Classroom Processes Studies in Eight States......Page 144
Section 2: Qualitative Micro Studies......Page 168
7 - An Overview of Micro Studies......Page 170
8 - Long Live the Alphabet!......Page 190
9 - More Unequal than Others: Evidence from Surguja District, Chhattisgarh......Page 236
10 - The Hidden Picture: A Case Study from Hisar District, Haryana......Page 260
11 - Second-Generation Issues in Equity and Education: Learning from Kolar District, Karnataka......Page 284
12 - So Close and Yet So Far: Primary Schooling in Warangal District, Andhra Pradesh......Page 305
13 - The Weft and Warp of Public Education: A Tale of Two Primary Schools, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu......Page 337
References and Select Bibliography......Page 365
About the Editor and Contributors......Page 372
Index......Page 374