Title:

Scaling Up Primary Education Services in Rural Tamil Nadu: Public Investment Requirements and Reform

Author(s):

Bajpai, Nirupam
Dholakia, Ravindra H.
Sachs, Jeffrey D.

Date:

2008

Type:

Working papers

Department:

Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development

Permanent URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:8212

Series:

CGSD Working Paper

Part Number:

35

Publisher:

The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Publisher Location:

New York

Abstract:

We attempt to address two key questions in this paper: 1) In terms of state-wide scaling up of rural services in the area of primary education, what will it cost financially and in terms of human resources to scale-up these services in all the rural areas of the state? And 2) What policy, institutional and governance reforms may be necessary so as to ensure proper service delivery? As is well known, merely constructing more schools, for instance, is not going to be enough; higher public investments in these areas needs to be accompanied by systemic reforms that will help overhaul the present service delivery system, including issues of control and oversight, for example.

Subject(s):

Elementary education
Area planning and development
South Asian studies

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