Multilingual Education and India

Dear MLE Interest group, From the below I understand that India will be represented at a consultation on literacy organised by the first lady of the US. Read on if you want more details.

Dear MLE Interest Group, Attached is some background reading. Primary Education in India Prospects of Meeting the MDG Target Sonia Bhalotra and Bernarda Zamora A quote from the conclusion: Putting the fairly positive results for attendance together with the worrying results for completion rates serves to highlight the importance of late entry and dropout. It suggests that the causes of late entry and dropout are not to be found amongst variables conventionally analysed – such as household wealth, distance to school or maternal education. This is an area that merits further exploration.

Dear MLE Interest Group, Attached is some background reading. Primary Education in India Prospects of Meeting the MDG Target Sonia Bhalotra and Bernarda Zamora A quote from the conclusion: Putting the fairly positive results for attendance together with the worrying results for completion rates serves to highlight the importance of late entry and dropout. It suggests that the causes of late entry and dropout are not to be found amongst variables conventionally analysed – such as household wealth, distance to school or maternal education. This is an area that merits further exploration.

Dear MLE-Interest group, Several of you have expressed the need for more India-based programmes, research and documentation. Attached is an interesting article on a programme in Kerala. I have not yet been able to find out who the author of this article is. Does anybody know? Anyway, good to see this good piece of documentation!

Dear MLE interest group. On the below mentioned publication has and India related contribution in it from Shireen Vatil Miller, Safe the Children India and Dhir Jingran. Also the other articles seem worth reading!

Dear Interest group, Some of you might like to know what UNESCO’s present thinking is on language related issues. See below.

Dear Interest Group, From the below message particularly the free resource packet will be of interest to some of you.