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Direct linkBhadra, Aratrika – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2019
The Pakistani Hindu community inhabiting a camp in the city of New Delhi presents the most recent case of South-to-South migration. Migration into India for this community has been undertaken with an aim to achieve a better life, especially one characterized by better education for their children. Education for the families from this community is…
Descriptors: Migrants, Sociology, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups
Download full textLawrence, A. S. Arul, Ed.; Thiyagarajan, P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Skill is laying the foundation for a brighter India. As John Ruskin puts it, "Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect, and passion in their operation." "Nation Building" is a herculean task that involves the government of the land, private and public institutions, industries, organisations, and every citizen…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nationalism, Economic Development, Skill Development
Philip, Neetha – Support for Learning, 2015
Girls with disabilities from lower economic homes are disadvantaged (in terms of gender, disability and poverty) in India, and are often regarded as useless by their communities. There is a need to improve and provide a chance for self-sufficiency among women with disabilities in India. The purpose of this study was to examine the life-chances…
Descriptors: Poverty, Case Studies, Special Needs Students, Cultural Influences
van Kempen, Luuk – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The paper reports on a field experiment conducted among poor women organized in self-help groups in the north-east of India. The experiment tests in a simple game whether overly optimistic expectations with respect to the benefits of exercising agency reduces one's appreciation of remaining with agency in the future. If so, unrealistic…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Females, Self Help Programs, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBehera, Deepak Kumar; Nath, Nibedita – Childhood Education, 2005
In India, the Constitution now includes special educational safeguards for aboriginals (Mohanty, 2003). Aboriginal communities, commonly denoted as "tribal," constitute roughly 8 percent of the total Indian population. In 1960, the Scheduled Area and Scheduled Tribes Commission was established with the aim of integrating the aboriginal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Females, Special Education
Leach, Fiona; Abdulla, Salwa; Appleton, Helen; el-Bushra, Judy; Cardenas, Nora; Kebede, Kibre; Lewis, Viv; Sitaram, Shashikala – 2000
A study investigated the impact of training on women's micro-enterprise development in four programs in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Sudan. Research design was a series of case studies of projects and programs providing training in technical or business skills. Impact of training was measured against these four indicators: income, access to and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Skills, Case Studies, Developing Nations
Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2010
The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2009 proceedings, see ED504973.]
Descriptors: Social Studies, Proverbs, Social Justice, Global Approach
