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Psaki, Stephanie; Makino, Momoe; Misunas, Christina; Soler, Erica; Zahra, Fatima; Melnikas, A. J.; Patel, S. K.; Haque, E.; Saul, G.; Ngo, T.; Amin, S.; Erulkar, A.; Apicella, L.; Austrian, K.; Gundi, M.; Soler-Hampejsek, E.; Kangwana, B. – Population Council, 2021
This brief summarizes key findings from five papers that examine child marriage and interventions to address it. While the findings from each of the papers are briefly noted, the brief focuses on the importance of context in understanding the drivers and impact on child marriage. Based on key findings, the brief offers cross-cutting…
Descriptors: Children, Marriage, Females, Intervention
Schulz, Sam; Agnew, Deborah – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2020
This paper focuses on an Australian university short-term study abroad programme in India part-funded by the Australian Government New Colombo Plan -- an initiative that facilitates transformative people-to-people encounters. Our chief interest is extending our reach, through photo diaries and interviews, to understand how participants'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Program Descriptions, Transformative Learning
Li, Tianshu; Sekhri, Sheetal – World Bank, 2020
Many developing countries use employment guarantee programs to combat poverty. This paper examines the consequences of such employment guarantee programs for the human capital accumulation of children. It exploits the phased roll-out of India's flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) to study the effects on…
Descriptors: Employment, Poverty, Child Labor, Human Capital
Morrow, Virginia; Boyden, Jo – Developmental Psychology, 2019
The papers making up this Special Section reveal important findings and begin to fill gaps in existing literature about children's and young people's understanding and developing beliefs about socio-economic inequality and poverty. We draw on our research experience with children growing up in poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam (Young…
Descriptors: Poverty, Social Differences, Sociology, Anthropology
Byker, Erik Jon – Global Education Review, 2015
This article reports on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) program in South India that provided information and communication technology (ICT) to rural elementary schools. The article examined the current status of rural, government-run elementary schools in India by reviewing reports like the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) in India.…
Descriptors: Laptop Computers, Rural Schools, Elementary School Students, Case Studies
Kairies, Jan, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2013
Literacy is the foundation of lifelong learning and a crucial element in the universally recognised right to education. However, illiteracy continues to exist as a global challenge, and many individuals still lack the basic literacy skills that are needed to engage in further learning opportunities and for the economic and social development of…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Females, Womens Education, Literacy
Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2009
This article features the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Sustainable Development Programme, a two-week course designed for university students from a wide variety of disciplines, with an interest in sustainability and cross-cultural studies. The two-week programme provides cross-disciplinary understanding and practical experience of…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Sustainable Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Environmental Education
Fortunato, Barbara; De Guzman, Sylvia – Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education, 2011
In the face of compelling challenges, the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE), the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), as well as the national education coalitions in Asia, have levelled up efforts in the past five years to advance the right of all citizens to quality education and learning opportunities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advocacy, Sustainable Development, Poverty
Guha, Smita – 2000
"Udbhas," which means "expression," is a non-profit organization founded in 1988 to spread literacy and promote post-literacy education among the underprivileged children in the slums of Calcutta, India. This paper describes the creation, work, and benefits to children of Udbhas. The paper notes that most of the organization's…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Pathak, Yogini; And Others – 1983
Fortunate in being located on a highway and in having electricity and a convenient water supply, the village of Sangma, India, is populated mainly by very low-income families struggling for existence. Most adults living in Sangma are away from home at work most of the day; due to the fragmentation of the joint family system, young children are…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Developing Nations, Elementary Education
Doraiswami, S. – 1974
Traditional adult education has been literacy-oriented, but the curriculum content and methodology has been inadequate in maintaining motivation and interest. An important effort to eradicate these problems has been the Farmer's Functional Literacy Program in India. This major project relates adult education and training in modern agricultural…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education