Geeta Kingdon
The progress of school education in India
University of Oxford
paper provides overview school education india first places indias educational achievements international perspective particularly countries increasingly compared especially china second paper examines schooling access terms enrolment school attendance rates schooling quality terms literacy rates learning achievement levels school resources teacher inputs third paper investigates role private schooling india examining extent growth private schooling surveying evidence relative effectiveness unit costs private public schools last paper discusses major public education initiatives concluding section suggests future research agenda appeals rigorous evaluation impacts costs numerous existing educational interventions order learn relative costeffectiveness evidencebased policymaking