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Download full textSiddhu, Gaurav – Online Submission, 2010
India has witnessed a major expansion in participation in basic education in recent years, in the context of a major programme for its promotion: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). Despite a significantly improved picture at the basic level, a considerable proportion of children continue to drop out before reaching the secondary level. Over half of…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Multivariate Analysis, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Hunt, Frances – Online Submission, 2009
While initial access to education is increasing in many countries, drop out rates continue to be high. This seriously affects MDG and EFA goals around educational access. This briefing paper looks at the issue of dropping out from school. It is based on the CREATE Pathways to Access Research Monograph, "Dropping out from school: a cross…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Dropout Rate
Pridmore, P. – Online Submission, 2008
Access to education is recognized as a basic human right and yet projections based on current trends show that more than 50 countries will not achieve universal primary education by 2015. This briefing paper looks at the role of malnutrition and diseases in the failure of countries to meet EFA targets. It is based on the CREATE Pathways to Access…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Primary Education, Cultural Differences, Access to Education
Whitehead, Tanya D. – Online Submission, 2007
Given the unprecedented global incidence of overweight in children, the issues that potentially create and sustain a circumstance of epidemic childhood overweight, and the efforts that are underway to prevent and remediate childhood overweight need to be examined. The article explores potentially interrelated causes of obesity/overweight in…
Descriptors: Obesity, Incidence, Children, Public Policy
Bates, Heidi – Online Submission, 2006
A Daily Physical Activity (DPA) Initiative was implemented in all schools in Alberta starting in September 2005. The expected outcome of the DPA Initiative is to increase the activity levels and healthy habits of students and, in part, address related issues such as chronic disease. As part of the first tier of the DPA Initiative evaluation study,…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Intervention
Hunt, Frances – Online Submission, 2008
This paper provides an in-depth review and analysis of literature on dropping out from school, and focuses on children who have gained access, but fail to complete a basic education cycle. The main discussion is around why and how children drop out from school. Here drop out is not presented as a distinct event, but rather a process where a range…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Dropout Research
