1. Assessing the Impact of School Quality on Primary
School Dropout Rates: A Study of Schools in
Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Debasis Rooj & Reshmi Sengupta
The Glocal University
E&H Conference
October 25th and 26th, 2013
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2. Motivation
One of the major aims of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA): Universal
retention by 2010
Dropout rate in primary schools:
Ministry of Human Resources (2012): In 2011-12 the dropout rate was
27% (28.7% for boys and 25.1% for girls)
District Information System for Education (DISE):
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In 2008-2009, all India dropout rate: 9.11% ( 9.35% for boys and
8.16% for girls)
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In 2008-2009, school dropout rate in Uttar Pradesh: 16.7% ( 17.5 %
for boys and 16.7% for girls)
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3. Over-Time Scenario
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4. Some Important Reasons Behind Dropouts
Parent Centric:
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Poverty
Family’s social and demographic characteristics
School Centric:
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School facilities
Quality of education
Our Objective: To study the impact of school facilities and teachers‘
quality on dropout rates
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5. Relevant Studies
Jayaraman and Smith (2011): Impact of mid-day meal on enrolment
Mukherji and Mukherji (2009): Impact of School Development Fund
on school functionality
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6. Data
District Information System for Education (DISE)
Most comprehensive information system in the education sector in
India
DISE is a school-level data set covering government-recognized
elementary institutions
It is a joint initiative of the Government of India, UNICEF and the
National University of Educational Planning and Administration
(NUEPA)
We consider the data for Saharanpur district for the academic year
2011-2012, Sample 2036 observations
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7. Summary Statistics
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8. Results
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9. Conclusion
Medium of instruction being English, presence of both electricity and
drinking water facility in the school, number of graduate teachers,
increased teacherˆs grant under SSA, and any academic inspection
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result in a decrease in the dropout rate.
Presence of common toilet facility in the school and surprisingly the
presence of only electricity in the school, increase the rate of dropout.
Developing a very good infrastructure is a pre-requisite for a good
schooling system.
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10. Future Work
A comprehensive theoretical model, Cabus and Witte (2012)
Closer look at the number of days involved in non-teaching
assignments
Consider all the districts of UP and eventually all Indian states
Longitudinal Analysis
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