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dc.contributor.authorSharma, Sandeep
dc.contributor.authorMarinova, Dora
dc.contributor.authorBogueva, Diana
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-19T04:13:02Z
dc.date.available2020-08-19T04:13:02Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationSharma, S. and Marinova, D. and Bogueva, D. 2020. Transitioning to better primary education: The role of an expatriate organisation in India. Sustainability. 12 (16): Article No. 6489.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80600
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12166489
dc.description.abstract

India is a signatory to the United Nations’ programs, accepting to implement the Millennium Development Goals and their successor, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While progress on universal primary education has been made since 2000, attaining equitable education for all (SDG4), remains a challenge in rural India. With an estimated 200 million children under the age of fourteen, enrolment in commencing primary education has improved. However, progress beyond year V (primary education in India covers school years I to VIII) is inadequate. One third of children in rural areas drop out of school by that time and this increases to almost half by year VIII. Given India’s large diaspora, this article analyses the impact of a new model of educational support through the work of a non-resident expatriate association, India Rural Education and Development Inc. (IREAD). It uses a 2011–2019 longitudinal case study of a government school in the village of Lakhnu, Uttar Pradesh. Data from the activities of IREAD, researcher observations, interviews, photographs and infrastructure evidence, are analysed. A grounded theory emanating from the data is proposed and areas of improvement are suggested. The research concludes that a major shift is difficult to achieve but IREAD’s contribution delivers small steps in the right direction to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for rural children in India.

dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleTransitioning to better primary education: The role of an expatriate organisation in India
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume12
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage19
dcterms.source.issn2071-1050
dcterms.source.titleSustainability
dc.date.updated2020-08-19T04:13:01Z
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© 2020 The Authors. Published by MDPI Publishing.

curtin.departmentSchool of Design and the Built Environment
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Humanities
curtin.contributor.orcidMarinova, Dora [0000-0001-5125-8878]
curtin.contributor.orcidBogueva, Diana [0000-0002-7226-1395]
curtin.contributor.researcheridMarinova, Dora [H-2093-2013]
curtin.identifier.article-number6489
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridMarinova, Dora [6701561637]


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