Open and Distance Learning in Secondary School Education in India: Potentials and Limitations

ISBN-13: 9781032176628 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 232 str.

Jyotsna Jha; Neha Ghatak; Puja Minni

Opis

This book is the first systematic attempt to document the Open and Distance Learning (ODL)-based school education in India. It is based on large-scale empirical data collected from across the states, to study the equity, efficiency and effectiveness of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).

Spis treści

1. Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Systems: Theoretical and Global Perspectives 2. Secondary School Education in India 3. Roadblocks and Barriers I: Reach, Inclusion, Efficiency and Effectiveness 4. Roadblocks and Barriers II: Delivery of Open and Distance Learning in Secondary Education 5. Open Fields: ODL as a Sustainable and Effective Option at the Secondary School Level

O autorze

Jyotsna Jha presently heads the Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS), Bangalore, India. CBPS is an independent non-profit, non-governmental organisation that focuses on research in gender, education, social and economic policies, budgeting, decentralization, and governance issues.

Neha Ghatak is a research advisor at the Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalore, India.

Puja Minni is a research advisor at the Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalore, India.

Shobhita Rajagopal is Associate Professor at the Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Shreekanth Mahendiran is a research advisor at the Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalore, India.