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Resource Links
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Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA): Provides information about the
Government of India's flagship programme for achievement of
Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE).
Education for All National Report: Includes strategy and goals of
India’s EFA program and provides context to India’s current education
scenario.
Department of Education, Government of India: Contains information
about the status of education in the states and includes national
policy documents as well as statistical data.
The National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration
(NIEPA): Provides access to training materials, articles and relevant
documents, and lists upcoming education-related events.
National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT):
Offers, among other things, links to surveys and sections on girls’
education and inclusive education.
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS): Provides key dates to
remember i.e., deadlines for admission form submission etc, online.
Students can also check admission status online by entering their
enrolment number. It provides descriptions, among other things, about
its evaluation system, vocational education programs and its support
services.
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International Institute for Educational Planning: Provides access
to information on educational planning and management, including IIEP's
training programmes, research and online publications.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s
(UNESCO) Education Information Service: Provides important data on the
organization's education projects and publications. Links to other
education servers on the Internet are featured as well as links to
UNESCO's Partners in Education. The site is extensive and updated
frequently.
Education for All Forum: Provides access to country reports,
status and trend information, publications, special features, EFA
bulletins and upcoming meetings and conferences.
EFA Global Monitoring Report 2009:
Despite much progress since 2000, millions of
children, youth and adults still lack access to good quality education
and the benefits it brings. This inequality of opportunity is
undermining progress towards achieving Education for All by 2015.
Who are these individuals and groups? What are the obstacles they face?
How can governance policies help break the cycle of disadvantage and
poverty? What policies work? Is education reform integrated into
the bigger picture? Is the international community making good on its
commitments? are some of the aspects covered in the report
http://www.unesco.org/en/education/efareport/
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF): Provides information in a
multimedia format about children across the world. Also features
educational activities and resources for students.
UNICEF’S State of the World’s Children Report 2008: The
report provides a wide-ranging assessment of the current
state of child survival and primary health care for mothers, newborns
and children. It examines lessons learned in child health during the
past few decades and outlines the most important emerging precepts and
strategies for reducing deaths among children under age five and for
providing a continuum of care for mothers, newborns and children
The World Bank’s Education Microsite: Provides access to full text
World Bank publications, educational resource materials and toolkits,
information on the World Bank's education work in the areas of early
childhood; gender; effective schools and teachers; adult education and
school health, education statistics, details of education strategies in
a number of countries, regional information and several related
links.
International Literacy Explorer: Provides an overview of literacy
and basic education issues and practices in an international
context.
UNESCO Asia Pacific: UNESCO Asia Pacific office link which
contains more relevant materials on education mainly for the Asia and
Pacific region.
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National Council for Teacher Education (India): Provides online
manuals for teacher- training, forms and links to teacher-training
resources.
Vidya Online: Provides teachers, researchers, academics and
concerned individuals an online forum to enable discussion and
examination of issues in basic education as well as access to learning
resources and materials.
Ideas on Teaching and Learning (UNICEF): Provides access to a
series of resources for teachers including current articles, opinions,
research about teaching and learning and games, activities and other
teaching resources. The site is divided into three main areas: the
learner; the teacher; the child friendly environment.
Take Action (UNICEF): Provides interactive quizzes and tools as
well as some online projects for teachers to use with students.
United Nations Cyber School Bus: The online component of the
Global Teaching and Learning Project provides high quality teaching
materials and activities designed for educational use and for training
teachers.
Effective Schools and Teachers (World Bank): Provides access to
information about the program, articles and case studies on effective
schools throughout the world and a knowledge resource base for
practitioners, task managers, program designers and decision makers
about ways of creating effective schools. It includes articles,
bibliographies, casestudies, links and presentations.
India Development Gateway: The country-specific site of the World
Bank’s global Development Gateway website. Provides resources on
various developmental issues through online discussions, reports and
publications.
Teachers Forum: Provides an online forum for teachers to exchange
ideas. Also features interviews with teachers, most of whom work in
government-run schools in developing countries.
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UNICEF Girls' Education: Compared to boys, girls are at a disadvantage
when it comes to education. UNICEF has a section dedicated entirely to
girls' education. This section talks of the obstacles faced by girls,
improving both the quality and accessibility of girls' education, the
Girls' Education Movement and some relevant facts and figures.
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Global March Against Child Labour: Collection of news, resources
and ways to get involved.
Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) – Seeks to improve the
lives of children by meeting the information needs of organisations and
individuals working for child rights, and supporting and promoting the
implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Global Campaign for Education (GCE): Contains all the GCE
Briefings and position papers including the transcript of the World
Bank Education For All video conference and speeches by dignitaries and
members of different NGOs. GCE represents the views and missions of the
largest civil society network on education issues.
Inclusion International: A network dedicated to advocacy by and
for people with learning disabilities. Includes a small but useful
selection of papers and reports on how disability issues are included
(or ignored) in development frameworks.
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India Census: This site includes links to the 2001 Census results, PDF
files of some statistical data, maps of India and individual states,
and vital statistics.
UNESCO Institute of Statistics: Provides data on pre-primary, primary,
secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary, and tertiary education, as well
as education finance. Educational indicators on literacy, gender
disparities, out-of-school children, and so on are also highlighted.
Child health and well-being statistics: From the report The State
of the World’s Children 2004, this site essentially lists tables of
statistics from basic indicators such as infant mortality to nutrition,
health services and education.
International Bureau of Education (IBE) (UNESCO): Provides world
data on education for 80 plus countries. Reports are slightly outdated
but still useful.
Database on Global Education: Searchable database by country.
Provides charts and graphs for data analysis and allows user to compare
multiple countries using an indicator search.
UNESCO Institute for statistics: UNESCO Institute for statistics
which will give access to data on education. Global and internationally
comparable statistics on education, science, culture and
communication.
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LearningChannel: Stimulating and up-to-date education news,
analysis and case studies from around the world. Good coverage of NGO
innovations as well as government policies. Sign up here for online
discussion forums on education, including "Education Rights and
Realities" hosted by the GCE.
OneWorld South Asia: This site contains a wide array of resources from
academic groups, NGOs and international organisations on a variety of
important issues concerning human rights, education, the environment
and quality of life plus a host of other subjects.
India Together: Features social and political issues and
events.
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ActionAid India
Aga Khan Foundation
Catholic Relief Services India
CARE India
Delegation of the European Commission in India
Department for International Development India
Ford Foundation India
GOAL Ireland India
Plan International India
Save the Children India
Sense International India
SOS Children’s Villages India
Swedish International Development Agency India
United Nations Development Agency (UNDP) India
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) India
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) India
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
India
World Bank India
World Vision India
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Annual Status of Education Report (Rural)
2007
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Annual Status of Education Report- 2009
