How Much and What Kind of Teaching Is There in Elementary Education in India? Evidence from Three States

This study focuses on the link between teachers' 'time-on-task' (TOT) and the nature of tasks in classrooms. This study, carried out with concurrence from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), is built upon the independent study commissioned by MHRD to explore teacher attendance rates in schools. This study ventures beyond the quantitative dimensions of teacher attendance (physical presence) to look at the 'time-on-task' (TOT) and nature of tasks, that is, the quantity and quality of teacher presence and interaction. Most specifically, it will provide insight into the work environment of teachers who are the key to service delivery and suggest implications for both policy and program interventions to empower teachers and introduce more accountability into the system. The McKinsey and Company study (Barber & Mourshed, 2007) identified three things that matter most: (1) getting the right people to become teachers; (2) developing them into effective instructors; and (3) ensuring that the system is able to deliver the best possible instruction for every child. In the present study, the attempt is to see whether the teachers are 'effective instructors' and the system is delivering the best to its children. The study aims to find out the factors that facilitate improved quality of instructional time on the one hand, and what it means to the whole process of improving learning levels on the other. In addition, there is an effort to understand the characteristics of various enabling inputs

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Sankar, Deepa, Linden, Toby
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-02
Subjects:	ABILITY OF TEACHERS, ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL, ABSENTEEISM RATES, ACADEMIC LEARNING, ACADEMIC YEAR, ACADEMIC YEARS, ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL, ACHIEVEMENT SCORES, ACHIEVEMENT TESTS, ATTENDANCE RATE, ATTENDANCE RATES, AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS, AVAILABILITY OF TEACHERS, AVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKS, AVERAGE ATTENDANCE, AVERAGE SCORE, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CLASS ORGANIZATION, CLASS SIZE, CLASS TIME, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT, CLASSROOM LEVEL, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION, CLASSROOM TEACHING, CLASSROOM TIME, CLASSROOMS, CURRICULA, CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, CURRICULUM, DISTRICT EDUCATION, EDUCATED MOTHERS, EDUCATION AUTHORITIES, EDUCATION DECISIONS, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS, EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION QUALITY, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EDUCATIONAL PLANNING, EDUCATORS, EFFECTIVE LEARNING, EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ENROLLMENT, ENROLMENT FIGURES, ENROLMENTS, EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, FEMALE TEACHERS, FINAL GRADE, GIRLS, GRADE REPETITION, GRADE TEACHING, HEAD TEACHER, HEAD TEACHERS, HIGHER GRADES, HOMEWORK, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, IMPROVING PRIMARY EDUCATION, INSERVICE TRAINING, INSTRUCTION, INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES, INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS, INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, INSTRUCTORS, INTERVENTIONS, LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS, LEARNERS, LEARNING, LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT, LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS, LEARNING ACTIVITIES, LEARNING LEVELS, LEARNING MATERIAL, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEARNING PROCESSES, LEARNING TIME, LESSON PLANNING, LIFE SKILLS, LITERACY, LITERATURE, MULTIGRADE CLASSROOMS, NATIONAL ASSESSMENT, NATIONAL CURRICULUM, NATIONAL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, NUMBER OF PUPILS, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NUMERACY, PAPERS, PARENTAL SUPPORT, PARITY, PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN, PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES, PEDAGOGY, PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, POLIO, PRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECTS, PRIMARY GRADES, PRIMARY LEVEL, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUPIL PERFORMANCE, QUALIFIED TEACHERS, QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, QUALITY OF TEACHERS, REGULAR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, REGULAR TEACHER, REGULAR TEACHERS, REMEDIAL TEACHING, REPEATERS, RESEARCH INSTITUTES, RESEARCHERS, RESOURCE CENTRE, RETENTION RATES, RURAL AREAS, RURAL SCHOOL, RURAL SCHOOLS, SCHOOL CALENDAR, SCHOOL CALENDARS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SCHOOL CONTEXT, SCHOOL DAY, SCHOOL DAYS, SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS, SCHOOL GOVERNANCE, SCHOOL HEAD, SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, SCHOOL LEARNING, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL LEVELS, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL PROFILE, SCHOOL READINESS, SCHOOL TEACHER, SCHOOL TEACHERS, SCHOOL TIME, SCHOOL VISIT, SCHOOL VISITS, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SCIENCE STUDY, SERVICE TRAINING, SINGLE GRADE CLASS, SOCIAL BENEFITS, SOCIAL GROUPS, SPORTS, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT ATTENDANCE, STUDENT ATTENDANCE RATES, STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, STUDENT GROUPS, STUDENT LEARNING, STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, STUDENT OUTCOMES, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS, TEACHER, TEACHER ABSENTEEISM, TEACHER ATTENDANCE RATES, TEACHER BEHAVIOR, TEACHER CANDIDATES, TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS, TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHER GUIDES, TEACHER PAY, TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS, TEACHING MATERIALS, TEACHING METHODS, TEACHING PRACTICE, TEACHING STRATEGIES, TEACHING-LEARNING, TEXT BOOKS, TEXTBOOK, TEXTBOOK AVAILABILITY, TEXTBOOKS, TRAINING OF TEACHERS, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING PROGRAMS, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION, UPPER PRIMARY GRADES, URBAN SCHOOL, URBAN SCHOOLS, VILLAGE EDUCATION, VILLAGE EDUCATION COMMITTEES, WOMEN TEACHERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/19231774/much-kind-teaching-elementary-education-india-evidence-three-states https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17800
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