A study was made to estimate the spatial and temporal trends of rainfall erosivity in the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh. Daily rainfall data of 1142 stations across the erstwhile states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were used to estimate the rainfall erosivity values. Based on this,...

Supervision and inspection are considered to be the major planks of the strategy to improve the quality of school education. Several countries have started transforming school supervision into a genuine quality improvement mechanism. Research found that the quality of schools directly relates to...

After many years in the comfort of general public trust, education has come under scrutiny. Schools are expected to produce the kinds of learning that students need to enter the world that awaits them. Student's academic score is accepted internationally as the indicator of quality of the...

Student's academic performance is influenced by many exogenous as well as endogenous factors. To ensure that children reach their full potential, it is important for educational systems to provide appropriate and equitable learning opportunities to students from all backgrounds. This paper is an...

Since education is people oriented, managing the human resources gains a greater importance in school management. Many research reports point out that only optimized human contribution can bring efficiency in this sector. To ensure quality education, governments must pay attention to a number of...

School management reforms, being practiced in many countries, are challenging the conventional education governance structures by aiming at increasing school autonomy and empowering localized decision making. In India also, efforts are underway to encourage autonomy in management of schools....

After many years in the comfort of general public trust, education has come under scrutiny. The World Bank points out that India lacks an effective quality assurance mechanism at the secondary level of schooling. Efforts to improve the quality of secondary education are thus urgent. There must...