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Download full textBhat, Nazir Ahmad – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2020
The Government of India is viewing with concern the fact that even after 73 years of independence, the constitutional directive contained in Article 45, which enjoys that "The state shall provide free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of 14 years" has not been achieved. No doubt, a large number of…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Dropout Research
Direct linkKalita, Jumi; Sarmah, Pranita – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2012
It is estimated that of approximately 150-250 million children with disabilities across the world, a large number have difficulties related to problems in the central nervous system (CNS). This paper considers school dropout rates of children with special educational needs associated with CNS problems from a study of educational institutions in…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Dropout Rate, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Ekstrand, Gudrun, Ed. – 1992
This document consists of a report on the Minor Field Studies (MFS) program of the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) and contains two MFS papers by teacher trainees at the Malmo School of Education in Sweden. The papers presented are "Drop-outs in Orissa," by Elisabeth Rosen, and "Education in India: A Study of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1987
This handbook synthesizes results of workshops organized by seven countries (India, Pakistan, Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam) on the dropout and underachievement problem. The objectives of these workshops were to: (1) design training strategies for reducing rates of dropping out and grade repetition; (2) develop plans and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Woolman, David C. – 2002
A comparative study of early school leaving in India, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States found that in spite of huge cultural and economic differences between these countries, there were common underlying causes of the school dropout problem. Economic need, sociocultural divisions, curricula that were unrelated to future work and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Comparative Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
