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In-service Teacher Training for Public Primary Schools in Rural India

Author:

Huma Kidwai, Denise Burnette, Shreyanka Rao, Seema Nath, Monisha Bajaj and Nirupam Bajpai

Organisation:

Columbia Global Centers, South Asia (Mumbai) Columbia University

State:

All India / National

Year:

2013

File:

In-service Teacher Training for Public Primary Schools in Rural India.pdf

Keywords:

RTE - Teachers

Schools - Government Schools

India has made significant advances in school education in the recent years which being the political recognition of Universalization of Elementary education (UEE) as a legitimate demand and the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education. This has led to a higher demand of qualified elementary school teachers. However, questions are being raised on whether the current cohort of teachers is being trained properly to meet the ever-increasing demands of being educators.The paper concludes with a list of recommendations to the local governments and education authorities which encourages the local offices to partner with other actors in the field to better understand educational quality and achievement and its determining factors: teacher training, school participation, district level education and budget planning, school environment, and monitoring and evaluation.

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