The myth of free and barrier-free access: India's Right to Education Act—private schooling costs and household experiences

P Srivastava, C Noronha - Non-State Actors in Education in the …, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
We examine relative household costs and experiences of accessing private and government
schooling under India's Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 in the …

Engaging with social inclusion through RTE: A case study of two private schools in Delhi, India

V Sucharita, K Sujatha - International Journal of Inclusive …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The provision of 25% reservations in private schools under Right to Education Act (RTE) for
children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups has garnered much …

Philanthropic engagement in education: Localised expressions of global flows in India

P Srivastava - Contemporary Education Dialogue, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This article argues that the rise of domestic and international philanthropic engagement in
education in India cannot be understood in isolation; rather, it is part of a broader trend of …

Public vs. private schooling as a route to universal basic education: A comparison of China and India

WC Smith, DK Joshi - International Journal of Educational Development, 2016 - Elsevier
This article examines whether focusing primarily on public schooling can lead to more rapid
achievement of universal basic education (UBE) than relying on a mixture of public and …

Regulating public-private partnerships, governing non-state schools: an equity perspective: Background paper for UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report

A Zancajo, C Fontdevila, A Verger, X Bonal - 2021 - ddd.uab.cat
The global expansion of non-state actors as providers of basic education has frequently
taken place under the umbrella of some form of public-private partnership (PPP). PPPs have …

Children's accounts of labelling and stigmatization in private schools in Delhi, India and the Right to Education Act

M Lafleur, P Srivastava - Education policy analysis archives, 2019 - epaa.asu.edu
Abstract India's Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 compels
private schools to reserve a proportion of their seats for free for disadvantaged children …

Access versus integration: the benevolent undermining of an Indian desegregation policy

A Gilbertson, J Dey - Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Efforts to desegregate schools have consistently been undermined by privileged parents
finding ways to avoid undesirable schools. In some contexts, a more complex picture is …

Kewirausahaan: Mengatasi tantangan finansial pendidikan

D Solihin - Jurnal Pelita Nusa: Social and Humaniora, 2022 - jurnal.staipelitanusa.ac.id
Penelitian bertujuan ini membahas mengenai tantangan finansial dalam akses pendidikan
yang menghambat individu dari berbagai latar belakang ekonomi. Pendekatan penelitian …

Inclusion and social justice in neoliberal India: examining the world's largest public-funded programme for private education

T Sarkar, X Cravens - Comparative Education, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A provision of India's Right to Education Act requires private schools to enrol
25% of children from 'disadvantaged'and 'economically weaker'backgrounds. Described as …

Barriers in translating mandate for inclusion in practice: evidence from India's right to education act

A Dongre, A Sarin, K Singhal - International Journal of Inclusive …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Can a mandate for inclusive school education translate into reality? What challenges can
undermine it in the context of a stratified schooling system? We discuss this in the context of …