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Direct linkMitra, Sugata; Dangwal, Ritu – Prospects, 2022
The "hole-in-the-wall" experiments of 1999, as named by the popular media, started with an Internet-connected computer being embedded in a wall facing a slum in Kalkaji, New Delhi, India. Several studies showed that groups of children, when given access to the Internet, can learn by themselves. Children's academic marks improved, and…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Internet, Foreign Countries, Independent Study
Jaiswal, Garima; Sharma, Arun; Yadav, Sumit Kumar – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2019
In the world of technology, tools and gadgets, a huge amount of data is produced every second in applications ranging from medical science, education, business, agriculture, economics, retail and telecom. Higher education institutes play an important role in the overall development of any nation. For the successful operation of these institutions,…
Descriptors: Prediction, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Classification
Download full textReddy, Anugula N.; Sinha, Shantha – Online Submission, 2010
Persistently high dropout rates are one of the biggest challenges to fulfilling the right to education in India. This paper attempts to assess the magnitude of the problem of dropout. The paper critically reviews the evidence on some of the commonly cited reasons for dropout, including poverty, limited to access to credit, child labour, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Access to Education
Das, Saswati; Mukherjee, Diganta – Social Indicators Research, 2007
This paper uses household level data from National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) of India, the 55th round (1999-2000), to show that for urban male children there exists significant wage incentive for schooling, though school dropout rate and child labour incidence are not so small. The parents' level of education plays an important role in…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Females, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Ekstrand, Gudrun, Ed. – 1992
This document consists of a report on the Minor Field Studies (MFS) program of the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) and contains two MFS papers by teacher trainees at the Malmo School of Education in Sweden. The papers presented are "Drop-outs in Orissa," by Elisabeth Rosen, and "Education in India: A Study of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Fozdar, Bharat Inder; Kumar, Lalita S.; Kannan, S. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
This paper presents a report on students who decided to drop out of the BSc program offered by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). This study was designed to determine the reasons leading to students' decisions to withdraw from the program. Identified and reported in this study are nine major reasons leading to drop out. Results of…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSelvam, M. – Indian Journal of Open Learning, 1999
Examines problems encountered by Distance Education System (DES) learners at the Center of Distance Education, Bharathidasan University, India, with a focus on identifying reasons for student dropout. Establishes the correlation between the level of student dissatisfaction and dropout of distance learners. (AEF)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
