India: Strengthening the Education of Girls

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Developing Teacher-Training Modules to Increase Girls' Participation in Primary Schools.

A participatory action research project in girls’ education was launched in 1995 and began working July 1997 in Rae Bareilly district in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The guiding objective of the project was to strengthen the education of girls in India, by increasing their participation in primary education. The goals were generally to increase enrollment, attendance, retention and achievement of girls in classes 1 to 5 in primary schools.

While there was a clear understanding and acceptance of the fact that there are multiple societal reasons for unequal participation of boys and girls in primary education in all of India and specifically in Uttar Pradesh, this project chose the primary school itself as the location for action. The strategy was guided by previous research which highlighted the fact that Indian schools and classrooms are not very girl-friendly and are in some measure responsible for keeping girls out of school and failing to retain those who are enrolled for very long. This project worked directly with teachers to find ways of making their classrooms more attractive and empowering spaces for girls.

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    Baseline Study - Part III
    (1999) Evans, David R.; Rossman, Gretchen; Sahni, Urvashi
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    Preliminary Program Effects on Girls' Enrollment and Classroom Learning Environments
    (1999) Evans, David R.; Rossman, Gretchen; Sahni, Urvashi
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    Plan for the Use of Findings for Decision-making and Refinement of Program
    (1999) Evans, David R.; Rossman, Gretchen; Sahni, Urvashi
    The project, Strengthening the Education of Girls in India, was designed in 1995 through a collaborative effort of USAID officials and Indian nationals who are experts in girls' and women's education. In the three and one-half years since the project was designed, changes have occurred in the climate of support for and thinking about girls' education in India generally and the state of Uttar Pradesh specifically. this document describes salient elements of that changing context and discusses how the project will respond to them. The document also describes how findings thus far from project implementation will shape refinement of the project.
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    Teachers Becoming Action-Researchers: Developing a Teacher-Training Module for Increasing Girls' Participation in Primary Schools
    (1998) Sahni, Urvashi
    A participatory action research project was launched in July 1996 and operationalised a year later in July 1997 in district RaeBareilly in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The guiding objective of the project is to strengthen the education of girls in India, by increasing their participation in primary education. This involves broadly an increase in enrollment, attendance, retention and achievement of girls in primary schools, i.e., classes 1 - 5. While there is a clear understanding and acceptance of the fact that there are several societal reasons for unequal participation of boys and girls in primary education, all over India and in Uttar Pradesh specifically, this project has chosen the school as its site of action, guided by previous research which highlights the fact that our classrooms are not very girl-friendly sites and are in some measure responsible for keeping girls out of school and failing to retain those who are enrolled for very long. This project attempts to work in participation with teachers to find ways of making our classrooms more attractive and empowering spaces for girls.