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SSA Grant Receipt and Expenditures: Stories behind the Trends in Bihar

Shailey Tucker, Accountability Initiative Bihar’s elementary education budget has increased by over a quarter between 2009-10 and 2010-11. During this time, Bihar has achieved near-universal primary enrolment rates (DISE 2009-10) and, as a result of high increases in allocations for infsrastructure (PAISA Survey 2011) there are visible signs of construction of schools and additional classrooms … Continue reading "SSA Grant Receipt and Expenditures: Stories behind the Trends in Bihar"

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Vidya Ka Mandir

Dinesh Kumar, Accountability Initiative यह कहानी उस विद्यालय की है जिसे उसके प्रधान उसे विद्या का मंदिर कहते है | जब आप इनके  विद्यालय  की कहानी सुनेगें तो आप भी सोचेंगे कि प्रधान ने आखिर क्या किया कि इस  विद्यालय  मे इतनी सुविधाए है।  विद्यालय मे प्रयाप्त कमरे, उचित पेय जल की व्यवस्था, बिजली, कुलर, अलमारी, टेलिविजन और प्रधान के कक्ष मे गद्धेदार कुर्सिया … Continue reading "Vidya Ka Mandir"

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Bewildering case of cycling of funds within the system

Venugopal Kalakota (PAISA associate), Accountability Initiative While on the field, our PAISA associates come across various bewildering situations. This one about the cycling of funds through the system, without leading to any output, is one of the funnier ones. Following the passage of the Right to Education 2010, the State Implementation Society(SIS) for Sarva Shiska … Continue reading "Bewildering case of cycling of funds within the system"

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Understanding Local Dynamics and Tracking Fraud/Corruption in NREGS

In a previous blog post, Yamini talked about the study on social audits[i]. It was for this study that I was in Andhra Pradesh from 5th Feb to 18th Feb. The study aims to analyse the efficacy of the social audits as a platform to capture the universe of complaints and whether it leads to … Continue reading "Understanding Local Dynamics and Tracking Fraud/Corruption in NREGS"

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What are we reading? – Feb 17th

The New York City Charter Schools Evaluation project analyzes the achievement of 93 percent of the New York City Charter school students who were enrolled in test-taking grades (grades 3 through 12) in 2000-01 through 2007-08. The technical report, accessible here, which describes the methodology of assessment is what has interested our researchers The Justice … Continue reading "What are we reading? – Feb 17th"