India | The Impact Initiative

Three young boys, some deaf, some hearing, in Kochi, India

Peer to peer deaf multiliteracies: research into a sustainable approach to education of deaf children and young adults in the Global South

The exclusion of deaf children and young adults from access to school systems results in individuals and communities being denied quality education, leading to unemployment, low income, and increasing poverty.

Choice constraint and the gender dynamics of labour markets in West Bengal

Principal Investigator: Naila Kabeer. Lead Organistion: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Co-investigator: Ashwini Deshpande (University of Delhi)

Towards a relational approach to agency for mapping pathways into and out of poverty

Principal Investigator: Saurabh Arora. Lead Organisation: University of Sussex

Co-investigators: Ian Scoones; Vijayabaskar Manimegalai; Cosmas Milton Obote Ochieng; Ajit Menon; Andy Stirling; Yusuf Dirie; Rebecca Maren White

Multilingualism and multiliteracy: raising learning outcomes in challenging contexts in primary schools across India

Principal Investigator: Ianthi Maria Tsimpli.

Improving school governance and learning outcomes at scale: a randomized evaluation of the Madhya Pradesh School Quality Assessment program

Principal Investigator: Karthik Muralidharan. Lead Organisation: Institute for Financial Management and Research

Co-investigator: Abhijeet Singh

We propose to conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of one of the most ambitious recent attempts by a developing country government to improve education governance at scale.

Organizational Perspectives on Accountability and Learning (OPAL): school management models and the social impact of schooling in Mumbai and Kathmandu

Principal Investigator: Robin Shields. Lead Organisation: University of Bath

Co-investigators: Stephen Carney; Swati Banerjee; Hugh Lauder; Andres Sandoval Hernandez; Ganesh Bahadur Singh; P.K. Shajahan

The project will investigate how the accountability of schools differs according the school management model and whether accountability is linked to differences in learning outcomes.

Schoolgirls walking in Karnataka, India.

Disadvantage and Participation Accountability Processes: Theory and Evidence from School Development and Management Committees in Karnataka, India

Principal Investigator: Sayantan Ghosal.

Indian children at school near Bodh Gaya

Rights and Accountability in the Indian System of Education (RAISE)

This project focuses on learning outcomes for 'disadvantaged learners' in India: children of primary school age who are disadvantaged by a range of structural inequalities, which are often cross-cutting, such as gender, location, caste, and class.

Can schools' accountability for learning be strengthened from the grassroots? Investigating the potential for community-school partnerships in India

Principal investigator: Ricardo Sabates.

Education systems, aspiration and learning in remote rural settings

Principal Investigator: Nicola Ansell. Lead Organisation: Brunel University

Co-investigator: Peggy Froerer; Ian Rivers; Roy Huijsmans

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