Q2. What is the significant factor influencing learner achievement in Madhya Pradesh?
In terms of learning achievements, children attending private unaided schools in Madhya Pradesh outperformed children attending government schools in maths and Hindi, with ‘managementtype - government or private’ emerging as the most significant factor influencing learner achievement’
Q3. How many teachers were found to be living in the same locality?
84 percent of the private school teachers were found to be living in the same locality (same village or same mandal/sub-district) where the school was located.
Q4. What are the other factors that are seen to have a positive effect on students’ learning outcome?
Among the other factors which the authors used as control variables, present grade in which the student is enrolled, household wealth, mother’s education and father’s education are seen to have a positive and significant effect on students’ learning outcome.
Q5. What is the effect of the private school dummy on student’s math score?
Teacher’s place of residence, regular checking of homework by the teachers (every exercise/piece dummy), salary and teachers’ attitude towards students and school still have significant effects on student’s mathematics score, after controlling for previous achievement score as well as mandal-level heterogeneity.
Q6. How many teachers are required to meet the requisite qualifications within three years?
At the time the Act was notified, it was estimated that the total number of additional teachers required to meet the prescribed pupil teacher ratio under the Act in public schools, was approximately 1.2 million teachers, in addition to ensuring that 0.5 million currently employed unqualified teachers get the requisite qualifications within three years.
Q7. How many rounds have been collected on the Young Lives students, households and communities?
So far, data on the Young Lives students, households and communities have been collected in three rounds- 2002, 2006-07 and 2009-10 respectively.
Q8. How many students in public schools felt the same about their teachers?
While 86 per cent of students in private schools agreed with this statement, implying that the teacher was unbiased and treated them fairly, the authors find that 77 per cent of Public school students felt the same about their teachers.
Q9. What is the impact of the TET on teacher recruitment?
This raises questions regarding the quality of pre-service training imparted in teacher education institutions, particularly in light of the recently introduced Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) for recruitment into government schools in India, in which less than 10 percent professionally qualified teachers passed.
Q10. What is the impact of the increasing private school enrolment in Andhra Pradesh?
Andhra Pradesh which ranks 14 out of 35 states in India on the Composite Educational Index (DISE 2010), has also been impacted by the phenomenon of increasing private school enrolments, similar to National trends illustrated earlier.
Q11. Why do students perform better in private schools?
Their multivariate regression analysis suggests that, in terms of the effect on mathematics test score, students in private school perform significantly better than those in public schools, even after controlling for all other factors including the past test score.
Q12. what is the compulsion of the education system to meet these demands?
It is not only an imperative but a compulsion that, the education system reforms itself to meet these demands, by investing and preparing an effective teaching force and monitoring mechanism, to realise their dreams.