Reports

Below are selected reports based on action-oriented research in the last 30 years. More are due to be added. 

  • Where Are the Kids? – The Curious Case of Government Schools in Bihar: Presents the findings of a survey conducted by Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan of elementary government schools in Bihar. The report shows that schools in Bihar are in the ICU and in need of urgent overhaul. The Hindi version of the report titled बच्चे कहां हैं can be downloaded from here. 
  • Gloom in the Classroom – The Schooling Crisis in Jharkhand: Presents the main findings of a survey of primary and upper-primary schools conducted by Gyan Vigyan Samiti (Jharkhand) in September – December 2022.  The report studies the contemporary issues plaguing Jharkhand’s government schools including the heavy blow caused by the covid-19 crisis. The Hindi version of the report titled स्कूल की भूल can be downloaded from here.
  • Locked Out – Emergency Report on School Education: Based on an emergency survey conducted in September 2021 this report highlights the catastrophic effect that Covid-19 induced school closures had on children from underprivileged households. The report adds to the discourse on learning losses experienced by poor Indian children in the post-pandemic world. The Hindi version of the report titled तालीम पर ताला can be downloaded from here. 
  • Focus On Children Under Six (FOCUS): A report put together by the Citizens’ Initiative for the Right of Children Under Six has been an outcome of a long-standing collective effort to bring children under six closer to the center of attention in public debates and democratic politics. The report builds on a survey of ICDS facilities in six north and central Indian states conducted in May 2004. 
  • Public Report on Basic Education in India (PROBE) Part 1 and 2
    • PROBE 1: In 1996, the Public Report On Basic Education (Part 1) was published by a group of researchers in association with Centre for Development Economics. This report covered the populous states of north India in the quest for a diagnosis and a cure of the then education condition. The core of this report is the right of all children to elementary education. It is not a public report made to the government, but a people’s report made to Indian citizens.  
    • Probe Revisited: The worrying findings of the PROBE Survey led to a second report published ten years later (in 2006) based on a survey conducted in the same states. When the investigators arrived, half of the government schools were still exempt of any teaching activity.