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View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by ePrints@APU Baseline Survey of the School Scenario in Some States in the context of RTE: Study of Educational Quality, School Management, and Teachers Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and West Bengal Report Submitted to Sarva Siksha Abhiyan Ministry of Human Resource Development New Delhi 20 th February 2013 by Padma M. Sarangapani Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Principle investigator with coinvestigators Manish Jain Assistant Professor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Delhi Rahul Mukhopadhyay Assistant Professor, Azim Premji University, Bangalore Christopher Winch Professor, Kings College, London School of Education Tata Institute of Social Sciences VN Purav Marg, Deonar Mumbai 400088 [email protected] TISS (2013) Survey of Education Quality in Schools Page | 1 RESEARCH TEAM Padma M. Sarangapani Manish Jain Rahul Mukhopadhyay Christopher Winch Hyderabad Rekha Pappu Anuradha P. Ramgopal Koneripalli Sakshi Kapoor Bhagyalakshmi V. Amar Praveen Reddy Saroj Bangaru G. Sreeramulu Delhi Poonam Veena Sharma Parul Kalra Niharika Sharma Yuveka Singh Ridhi Pathak Manoj Kumar Chahil Kriti Srivastava Kolkata Saurabhi Shibani KanuPriya Babita Namrata Proma Sarmishtha Sutapa Shinjini Jhuma Atanu Shubhomita Nazneen Soma Jayanta Arun Sariful Mustafiz Partho Nibedita Pritha Palash Ahona Srabanti Sujata Sahana Sen Manjula Samima Ajanta Rejaul Rozina Atri TISS (2013) Survey of Education Quality in Schools Page | 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are grateful to the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ms. Anshu Vaish and Ms. Anita Kaul who responded to our request for government support for this study to examine questions of School Quality through renewed conceptual work and methodology. The EdCil has been patient inspite of our inordinate delay in compiling and submitting this final report. We are grateful for this. We are also grateful to TISS and the MA Education (Ele) small research grant through grants received from the the Sir Ratan Tata Trust and the ICICI-SIG which supported the initial development of this project. We acknowledge the involvement of Professor Geetha Nambissan, Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Education Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in the conceptual and early period of empirical phases of this work. This research would not have been possible without the cooperation of heads and teachers of different schools who allowed us entry in their schools and classes and spent considerable time with us for interviews. We are grateful to the Education Department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Shahdara South Zone for giving us permission to carry out this research in MCD schools. Prof. Nargis Panchapakesan guided us to Prof. Najma Siddiqui and Dr. Siddiqui who were quite helpful in getting us access to MCD officials. We also thank Shruti Jain for providing research support to tabulate the data. We are grateful to the Deputy Education Officer Hyderabad for giving us permission to conducted the study and Mr. for facilitating our work in the chosen Mandal. We are grateful for the advice and facilitation provided by Dr. Updender Reddy Professor, SCERT which enabled us to gain access. We are grateful to the Department of School Education, Government of West Bengal and the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Office, West Bengal for facilitating permissions for this study. We are grateful to the Vikaramshila Education Resource Society for extending support for the fieldwork pertaining to the study and other processes. Both Ms. Shubhra Chatterji and Ms. Kanupriya Jhunjhunwala deserve separate mention; whatever has been possible has been through their unstinting efforts and perseverance. We are grateful to all the members of the research team in for their noteworthy commitment, research rigour and enthusiasm with which they participated in the research, collected data amidst all adversities that included repeated refusal, weather and considerable travel. TISS (2013) Survey of Education Quality in Schools Page | 3 TISS (2013) Survey of Education Quality in Schools Page | 4 CONTENTS Research Team ................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Contents ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 I. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 1.1 Research Design and Research Objectives ........................................................................................ 8 1.2 Dimensions of the study ............................................................................................................................. 8 1.3 Research Sites ................................................................................................................................................. 9 1.4 Process ............................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.5 Structure of the Report ........................................................................................................................... 11 2. Research Design and analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 12 2.1 The Basic Questions ................................................................................................................................ 12 2.2 Delimitation................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.3 Unit of analysis ................................................................................................................................... 13 2.4 Approach to Quality ................................................................................................................................ 13 2.4 Quality Instrument for Empirical Investigation: ............................................................... 14 2.4.1 framework and dimensions to be studied ................................................................................................. 14 2.4.2 Elaboration of some of the features/dimensions : ................................................................................. 15 2.4.3 Choosing indicators. ............................................................................................................................................... 17 2.4.4 The Tool ................................................................................................................................................................ 18 2.5 The Process ........................................................................................................................................... 20 2.6 Analysis ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 3. the Field Sites ......................................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.1 Hyderbad, Andhra Pradesh. .................................................................................................................. 24 3.2 Delhi ................................................................................................................................................................. 25 3.3 Kolkata, West Bengal ............................................................................................................................... 27 4. Findings .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 4.1 Hyderabad ........................................................................................................................................................................... 30 4.1.1 Identifying and Enumerating Schools ............................................................................... 30 4.1.2 Geographic Delimitation and Spread ................................................................................. 32 4.1.3 Access to schools and extent of data gathered. ............................................................. 33 4.1.4 Year of Establishment of the Schools ................................................................................. 35 4.1.5 CoEd Status ...................................................................................................................................... 36 4.1.6 Medium of Instruction ............................................................................................................... 36 4.1.7 Levels in the School and multigradedness ...................................................................... 37 4.1.8 Board of