Speaker: Mridusmita Bordoloi, Associate Fellow, Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research
Host: Nisha Vernekar, Lead and Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
This interview series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
This interview series is based and born from Vidhi’s report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative.
Video design and editing by: Asad Ali (Instagram)
Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar
References/ Reading List
Policies, Laws, Schemes and Programmes of the State
Mission Vatsalya (erstwhile Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme): a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, since 2009-10 for the welfare and rehabilitation of children.
Maharashtra’s “Zero Drop-out Mission”: a programme of the school education department of Maharashtra in 2022 to arrest drop-outs.
Further Reading
- Budget Brief for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan: Using government reported data, the briefs analyse trends in allocations, public expenditures, outputs and outcomes of key social sector programmes.
- Evidence of increase in enrollment in government schools:
- School rationalisation/ consolidation and equity concerns
- Dongre, Ambrish, and Vibhu Tewary. “Pain without gain?: Impact of school rationalisation in India.” International Journal of Educational Development 72 (2020): 102142.
- Bordoloi, Mridusmita, and Ritwik Shukla. “School Consolidation in Rajasthan: Implementation and Short-Term Effects.” Centre for Policy Research (2019).
Research Team:
Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)
Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)