Addressing educational opportunities for rural Kanjars.

Autor/in	Boxx, Wendi M.
Titel	Addressing educational opportunities for rural Kanjars.
Quelle	München: Utz (2014), XVII, 187 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Münchner Beiträge zur Bildungsforschung. 28
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	978-3-8316-4383-7
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Frau; Ländlicher Raum; Entwicklungsland; Hochschulschrift; Mädchen; Asien; Indien; Südasien
Abstract	"Little is documented on educational schemes helping the marginalized Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in rural India. This study documents new avenues of addressing social and gender inequality within the ethnic community of Kanjars through education and improvements in hyigene. Pardada Pardadi Educational Society (PPES) is an innovative NGO providing education to girls from lower castes in Uttar Pradesh. In a project created to engage Kanjar girls, PPES made use of a targeted incentive, a solar lantern, to reward girls with good school attendance as well as to address one of the local community's needs, that of a clean and cost effective lighting source. This study analyzes the attendance rates of girls before and after the introduction of solar lanterns. In addition, surveys and interviews provide qualitative insights. The overall findings reveal that girls with a solar lantern not only attain higher average attendance but also take onwership of their education." (publisher's description).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2015/4