Snakes and Ladders : Factors Influencing Successful Primary School Completion for Children in Poverty Contexts

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The World Bank (New Delhi) commissioned this qualitative study in June 2002 with the objective of exploring various factors that facilitate or impede successful primary school completion, with special reference to children living in diverse poverty situations. The study looks at children from conception to 11 years - tracking key milestones of children in diverse poverty situations in one district each in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. It explores the synergy between health, education and nutritional inputs in the overall development of children in different poverty situations and reflects on whether the proximal and distal environment promotes a holistic development of the child. This study includes the following headings: executive summary; background; through the life cycle of children; emerging issues; and policy implications.

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ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, ACTIVE LEARNING, ACTIVE LEARNING CAPACITY, ADOLESCENTS, ADULT LITERACY, AGE GROUPS, AGED, ALLERGIES, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC NEEDS, BELIEF SYSTEMS, BIRTH ATTENDANT, CANNABIS, CARE-GIVERS, CHILD CARE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS, CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, CLASSROOM, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY HEALTH, CURRICULUM, DEATH RATE, DIET, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION FACILITIES, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, FAMILIES, FAMILY HEALTH, GENDER BIAS, GIRLS, GRADE TEACHING, HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH SERVICES, HOLISTIC APPROACH, HOSPITALS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HYGIENE, INFANT MORTALITY, INSTRUCTION, INTERVENTIONS, IRON, LEARNING, LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS, LEARNING CAPACITIES, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LITERACY, LITERACY RATES, LITERACY SKILLS, LITERATE PARENTS, LIVING CONDITIONS, MALNUTRITION, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MEDICINES, MIDDLE SCHOOL, MORTALITY, MULTI GRADE TEACHING, NATIONAL CURRICULUM, NEONATAL MORTALITY, NUMERACY, NUTRITION, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION STATUS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN, OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN, PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, PARENTAL CHOICE, PATIENT, POLIO, POOR CHILDREN, PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION, PRE-SCHOOL PERIOD, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY EDUCATION CYCLE, PRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECT, PRIMARY LEVEL, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION, PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT, PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER, PRIMARY SCHOOL YEARS, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIMARY YEARS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUPIL RATIO, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RESOURCE CENTRE, SANITATION, SCHOOL, SCHOOL AGE, SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, SCHOOL READINESS, SCHOOL RECORDS, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL TEACHERS, SCHOOLING, SCHOOL­GOING, SIBLINGS, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SURVIVAL OF CHILDREN, TEACHER, TEACHER DEPLOYMENT, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHER-PUPIL RATIO, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEXTBOOKS, TUITION, UNDER FIVE MORTALITY, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY ENROLMENT, VACCINATION, VILLAGE EDUCATION, VILLAGE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, VILLAGE EDUCATION COMMITTEES, VILLAGE LEVEL, VILLAGE SCHOOL, VIOLENCE, YOUNG PEOPLE

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