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- June 2020 - In collaboration with Libtech India COVID-19 relief activities are being conducted over the past three months.
- April 2020 - The Report of a qualitative study of best practices of Anandshala Programme in Samastipur was finalised and submitted on 6 April.
On 11 April, the Samastipur impact evaluation report was presented through a webinar to the Quest Alliance team and their queries and suggestions were discussed. The Report has been finalised after incorporating their comments.
- March 2020 - The draft report on Impact evaluation of Anandshala programme in Samastipur was submitted on 24 March.
- January 2020 - Baseline Report of Quest Alliance interventions in Deoghar was finalised and submitted on 18 January. CORD and Libtech team had a 3 day workshop in Delhi between 29-31 January. The workshop was focused on analysis of block level website data and primary data from selected villages and preparing a report on possible exclusions in the Rythu Bharosa Scheme in Andhra Pradesh.
- December 2019 - On 9th December, CORD along with six other India based RLO projects organised a meeting with policymakers, development practitioners and civil society in Delhi, at the India Islamic Centre, to present evidence and explore pathways to improving learning outcomes in different Indian contexts.
- September 2019 - Survey of schools and other stakeholders of Anandshala programme run by Quest Alliance in Samastipur district in Bihar for the project on Impact evaluation study was conducted between 20 August and 13 September 2019. The qualitative study on best practices were conducted simultaneously in 6 schools.
- September 2019 - Impact evaluation study in Samastipur-- Survey of schools and other stakeholders of Anandshala programme run by Quest Alliance in Samastipur district in Bihar was conducted between 20 August and 13 September 2019.
- August 2019 - On August 19 the members from seven teams working on a joint dissemination event under the Impact Initiative met for a consultation to plan joint outputs and the December event, in JNU conference room.
- July 2019 - Deoghar baseline Survey-- As part of baseline survey of Quest alliance intervention, Survey in schools and youth clubs in 5 blocks in Deoghar district in Jharkhand was conducted between 20 June and 13 July 2019. The data has been entered and is being analysed now.
- June 2019 - CLDP Impact Evaluation -- Fieldwork in Delhi's secondary schools was conducted between 1 April to 9 May 2019. The survey schedules are currently in the process of data cleaning, data entry and data analysis.
- May 2019 - People's Experience of Government to Citizen Payments- a dissemination event was organized in Bangalore on May 4, 2019, where the draft report was presented to a small group of academicians and activists. The Report will be finalized on the basis of feedback received.
- May 2019 - Quest Alliance Project - Result based frameworks, and monitoring formats for education and capacity building intervention projects in Deoghar in Jharkhand and Samastipur in Bihar have been developed. CORD researchers visited the intervention sites and conducted orientation workshops for monitoring, and piloted survey tools for baseline surveys.
- February 2019 The survey for the project People's Experience of Government to Citizen Payments has been conducted in 3 states, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan, CORD researchers and collaborators met for a 2 day Workshop on 9th and 10th February 2019 in Delhi, for data analysis and planning of dissemination of research outputs.
- February 2019 CORD, in collaboration with the University of Texas and Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai held the final dissemination workshop of their project The Women's Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI) funded by Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Action, (IMMANA) at the India International Centre (IIC) on the 8th February, 2019. Click here for pictures
- February 2019 The End Line Survey in Telengana as part of the project Combating Corruption through mobile phones (supported by the Tata Trusts) will be completed by end of February 2019.
- January 2019 Anuradha De attended the ESRC-DFID Raising Learning Outcomes in Education Systems Research Programme Annual Workshop 2019 at the Worcester College, Oxford, UK on 30-31st January, 2019. She presented on the assessment methodology of TEACh in an interactive session on Conceptualising learning, assessing outcomes, and influencing policy.
- January 2019 The Women's Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI) survey was completed in January 2019.
- January 2019 The report of the project End-Of-Programme Evaluation of The Kusuma Schools Partnership Initiative is submitted to the Kusuma Trust, UK.
- November 2018: CORD completed the quantitative survey for the project People's Experience of Government to Citizen Payments.
- October 2018: CORD completed the end of the programme evaluation survey of Kusuma Schools Partnership Initiative commissioned by the Kusuma Foundation in Odisha. 25 schools in Sambalpur district in Odisha and 25 schools in Hardoi district were surveyed with a mixed research method (qualitative and quantitative) combined with a staged approach was selected as the research design most appropriate for answering key research questions.
- May 2018: CORD has prepared a baseline survey report as part of the Tata Trust funded Combating Corruption with Mobile Phones project on the basis of data obtained through field survey in September-October 2017.
- February – April 2018: The Women's Empowerment and Nutrition Index (WENI) project fieldwork successfully completed in Bihar and Orissa. Click here to see the photos.
- CORD conducted a training workshop for field Investigators to carry out field survey in Orissa and Bihar for Women's Empowerment and Nutrition Index (WENI) project from 19th February to 21st February 2018.
- January 2018: Annual planning meeting for the Tata Trust funded Combating Corruption with Mobile Phones project was held on 27th to 30th January in Bangalore.
- January 2018: Advisory committee meeting for the TEACh project was held on 15 January at the IIC where preliminary findings from the study were presented.
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The Right to Education and the Emergence of Non-state Actors: The Case of India |
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CORD is collaborating with Dr Prachi Srivastava of the University of Western Ontario for this research. The research is being supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Broad Research Programme
The research seeks to examine the development of the right to education in India. In particular, it aims to understand the changing relationships between the state and non-state actors (NSAs) in education provision.
The case of India is instrumental because of its marked macro-policy moments from a post-colonial planned economic polity at independence in 1947, to liberalization in 1991, and rapid globalization post-2000. And yet, the evolution and social consequences of these changes in education are significantly under-researched. This research aims to address that lack given India's increasing influence, both as a prominent regional player in Asia and rising global power.
Research Objectives and Research Nodes Each of the research objectives corresponds to a research node that will guide research activities. Research nodes are intended as integrative pillars across which to generate broader insights.
Research Node 1: Institutional Evolution of NSAs and Education
- To trace the changes in policy frameworks regarding the role of the state and NSAs in education at key macro-policy periods
- To examine how education is framed for disadvantaged groups.
Research Node 2: Implementation of the RTE Act and the Role of NSAs
- To gain an understanding of the implementation of the RTE Act, and the influence of NSAs in this process.
Research Node 3: Influence of 'New/Non-traditional' NSAs in Education
- To critically analyse the influence of 'new/non-traditional' NSAs (e.g. think tanks, consultancies, philanthropies, CSR units, etc.) in education.
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