District Report Cards 2010

A Few Comments

Please accept my heartiest congratulations for the Silver Medal Awarded to the National University of Educational Planning and Administration for developing the School Report Cards under DISE, Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi.

My joy knows no bound in receiving 3 latest publications on Elementary Education in India published by the National University of Education Planning and Administration. NUEPA has been rendering yeoman’s service to the cause of education in general and school education in particular for a long period of time, Shri Kanti Biswas, Former Education Minister, West Bengal.

 This is a most impressive publication and is very precious for students and researchers in this field, Mr. Jacques Hallak, UNESCO, Peris, France.

I am amazed at the analysis of school infrastructure, enrolment, teacher statistics etc. The Education Development Index appears to be a welcome tool of comparing the performance of States, Shri Prabhat Kumar, Former Cabinet Secretary, New Delhi.

I am sure that our library users including M.Ed and Ph.D students will be benefited from this publication, Dr. Muhammad Memon, Director, Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, Karachi, Pakistan.

 The document will surely help us to understand the latest status of education in India in general and Gujara in particulart, Dr. Pushpa Wadhwani, Head, Azim Premji Foundation, Gujarat.

I find the publication well prepared, quite useful and informative, Dr. B.N. Yugandhar, Member, Planning Commission of India, Yojana Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi.

Just received the two volumes of elementary education in India. Should I say I am privileged? I have just leafed through the pages and have had a sensation. What a tremendous job done!, Mr. Soumen Hom, Kolkata.

We will add the publication to our well-used education section and are sure that our readers will find them useful and informative, Mr. Emma Mathieson, Librarian Oxford University, Oxford (U.K).

Thank you for sending me very useful publications, Shri J. Veeraraghavan, Director, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi.

I have placed the publication in our library for wider consultation by our scholars,  Professor C.H. Hanumantha Rao, Chairman, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad.

NUEPA’s success in operationalising the nationally acclaimed DISE has been one such landmark, revolutionizing the role of education planners, who can now address local developmental needs from an informed perspective, armed with statistical and situational data, Mr. Samphe Lhalungpa, Ex-Chief, Education Section, UNICEF India Country Office, New Delhi.

The DISE Flash Statistics is becoming smarter with more and more information. I congratulate DISE team for their total dedication in compiling the data, Mr. S.S. Rajagopalan, Chennai.

I am sure the publication will be of immense use to many in the field of school education,  Mr. S. Sathyam, Chairman, HRD Ministry’s Review Committee on Educational Statistics, New Delhi.

We became very pleased and hope in future you must support us through these type of educational material from which our organization enrich its performance and updates knowledge in educational concern, Mr. Umesh Secretary, Samajik Parivartan Sansthan, Giridih.

The publications are immensely helpful with their rich State and District specific information on all vital aspects of elementary education, Dr. C. Seshadri, Chairman, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Karnataka.

Thanks for felicitations for your monumental publication, Elementary Education in India: Progress towards UEE, Analytical Report, Mr. Saiyid Hamid, former Vice-Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University, Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard and Secretary, Hamdard Education Society, New Delhi.

The data provided by DISE would be of immense help to the people who are working in the field of primary education. It would have been of great help to government to properly plan for the school level education for Muslims, Mr. Kamal Faruqui, Chariman, Delhi Minorities Commission, Vikas Bhawan, New Delhi.

It was great to learn about the progress made regarding DIS.E, Dr. Deepa Sankar, Education Economist, The World Bank, New Delhi.

We hope to benefit from the publication, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, New Delhi.

Congratulations on the excellent production of the two volumes of the District Report Cards, Professor Amitabh Kundu, Centre for Studies in Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

I wish to compliment NUEPA for the valuable documents, very well structured to serve as valuable reference material, Dr. M. Anandakrishnan, Chairman, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

On behalf of our students and faculty, I would like to congratulate NUEPA for producing such valuable publications. Indeed, our faculty, researchers and students will benefit from the scholarly work that provides deeper insight into elementary education in India, Dr. Muhammad Menon, The Aga Khan University, Karachi (Pakistan).

It is a massive work magnificently executed, Mr. Marmar Mukhopadhyay, Director, Educational Technology and Management Academy, New Delhi.

I am sending these publications to our Library for the benefit of researchers and students of JNU, Professor B.B. Bhattacharya, Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

The hard work done by NUEPA in bringing out these volumes without much time-lag is commendable. The quality of publication is excellent. I am sure that the material given in these volumes will be widely used, Professor A.B.L Srivastava, Chief Consultant, Technical Support Group, Ed. CIL. New Delhi.

This will herald a new era for the academicians and researchers in the field of education to embark on fresh research and analysis, Professor Rajendra Menaria, Jaipur.

The publications are bound to help in my working on legal aspects of right to elementary education, Mr. Ashok Aggarwal, Social Jurist, New Delhi.

Congratulations on all your good work with DISE data. It is really a fantastic achievement to get increasingly reliable data on 1.3 million elementary schools in India. I think a lot can be done in terms of district level analysis of the data, Dr. Geeta Kingdon, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, Oxford.

Thanks for sending me two volumes of your valuable publication, Elementary Education in India: District Report Cards, Professor Ashish Bose, Leading Demographer and Former Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Congratulations for launching over one million school report cards - this is wonderful achievement, Dr. Michael Ward, Senior Education Adviser, DFID India, British High Commission, New Delhi.

It has been a sole pivotal contribution of NUEPA to the world of education, which shall be always remembered, Professor B.P. Khandelwal, 45.3, ATS Greens II, NOIDA.

Hon’ble Human Resource Development Minister Shri Kapil Sibal has been quite pleased to note the enormous efforts of NUEPA that went into the significant publication, and extends compliments to all those behind the arduous compilation which would be of immense value to the policy-makers and researchers, Mr. Satish Nambudiripad, PS to HRM, Government of India, New Delhi.

The publication will be extremely valuable input for my own research and understanding, Prof. G.K. Chadha, Chief Executive Officer, South Asian University, New Delhi.

The publication is quite useful and informative, Prof. Ramesh K. Goyal, Vice-Chancellor, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat.

This is very valuable and useful. This publication had been placed in our Central Library, Prof. B.S. Bisht, Vice-Chancellor, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand.

This is very useful document for everybody engaged in work related to developed of education, Mr. Prem Chand, Sr. Consultant, TSG, NLMA, New Delhi.

These documents would be immense use to our readers as well as researchers. It will be a rich addition to our library collection, Dr. H.S. Chopra, Librarian, Bhai Gurdas Library, Amritsar, Punjab.

This publication is very much useful to us. No doubt, it will enrich our Library, Prof. Sudarshan Lyenger, Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad.

These publications will be very much useful to our readers, Dr. Th. Khomdon Singh, Librarian, Manipur University, Imphal.

The two volumes contain abundant and valuable information pertaining to Elementary Education in India, Ms. Cima M. Yeole, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

NUEPA documents are really helpful for research in education, Dr. Neerja Dhankar, Principal, Army Institute of Education. New Delhi.

The publication contain immensely useful data and analysis, Prof. A. S. Khullar, National Institute of Administrative Research, Mussoorrie, Uttarakhand.

The outcome of the publications is truly satisfactory and it is quite useful and informative. State Report Cards also represents the information of progression, Swami Swarupananda, Ramakrishna Ashrama, Gwalior.

The publication will be a vital source of information for our researchers, Dr. H.S. Chopra, Librarian, Bhai Gurudas Library, Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab.

This publication is not only very useful for our library uses but it has also enhanced our library collection qualitatively and quantitatively, Mr. B. Ganapathi, Librarian, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India.

The publication give important and useful information on various facts of elementary education and significantly useful to the researchers who are working in this area, Prof. R.S. Deshpande, Director, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.

I found them to be very informative, giving good idea about the current state of elementary education vis-à-vis national goals, Dr. S Krishnamoorthy, Registrar, Amrita, Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore.

The information is quite informative and useful for those working in this area, Mr. M.D. Tiwari, Indian Institute of Information Technology, U.P.

The publication is very useful to us. No doubt, it will enrich our library, Mr. Sudarsha Iyengar, Vice- Chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad.

The publication are being kept in our Central Library for general reading and also for using it as a reference material by the faculty and students, Prof. Abhijit Mukharjee, Director, Thapar University, Punjab.

Every year, I look forward to receiving your publications filled with pieces of valuable information, The DISE system is one of the most important resources for my study and research work. Dr. Hisako Akai-Pinto, Fukuoka, Japan.

This is informative, useful and a great resource to the researchers and policy makers, hence these copies are in our library for our team and visitors as well, Mr. Suchash Chandra, Director, Centre for Action Research and Peoples Development, Hyderabad.

Elementary Education is one of the important core area of research and training of National Institute of Administrative Research, Lal Bahadur Shasrti National Academy of Administration. Thus, these valuable publications of NUEPA are of paramount importance to us, Prof. A.S. Khullar, Lal Bahadur Shasrti National Academy of Administration, Uttarakhand.

We find the State Report Cards of NUEPA very useful, Ms. Rohini Mukherjee, Head, Policy & Advocacy, Nandi Foundation, Hyderabad.

Needless to say, these publications are of immense value to anybody interested in the state of elementary education and the right to education, Mr. Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary, IC Centre Governance, Niryat Bhawan, New Delhi.

It is a very valuable data for researchers, Prof. A.K. Sharma, formerly Director NCERT, New Delhi.

This publication is very timely and useful for all researchers and policy makers pertaining to elementary and associated planning. I have referred these publications to our Central Library for necessary action, Mr. B.S. Bist, Vice-Chancellor, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand.

These publications will help us in updating our knowledge base regarding the educational status across the country, Sandhan Society of Education & Development.

These are really useful for the faculty and researchers concerned, Mr. I.V.Trivedi, Vice-Chancellor, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Rajasthan.

The publications contain lots of information. It will be very useful for our research work. It will be display in the Library for our users, Dr. Christopher Lakra, Executive Director, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi.

The documents are of immense value for the educators and education loving people, as those cater various facets of elementary education of the country, Mr. Abani Boral, Convener, National Co-ordinator Committee of Indian Teachers’ Organisations, Bhubneswar.

The wealth of information contained in these documents are immensely useful in our day to day work, Mr. Janmejoy Patel, President, Sundergarh Education Society, Orissa.

These compilations which are very much useful for appropriate planning and need based strategies, Mr. P. Prasanthi, State Programme Director, A.P. Mahila Samatha Society, Andhra Pradesh.

I browsed through the above reports and I congratulate the team involved in bringing our these useful and informative reports which will be immensely helpful to the researchers and policy makers as it gives vital information pertaining to elementary education, Prof. R.S. Deshpande, Director, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.

I hope the scope of this exercise in future will be expanded to the High, Higher Secondary and College level for a holistic understanding on the educational scenarios in India. An abstracted statement indicating performance of district within the state and states within the country based on indentified key parameters will strengthen the understanding. My best wishes and appreciation to the team members committed in doing this excellent task, Dr. M. Paramathma, Director of Research, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.

The document is useful to our faculty, scholars and students, Dr. S.K.V. Suryanarayana Raju, Head of the Department, Department of Economics, Andhra University.

The publication will help us in our ongoing activities as NIAR is working on education since its inception, Ms. Garima Yadav, NIAR, Uttarakhand.

The kind of information provided in your publication is of great value addition and being an economic research firm we seeks such information, Dr. Laveesh Bhandari, Director, Indicus Analytics Pvt. LTd., New Delhi.

These reports are quite useful and informative for our researchers and teachers, Dr. H.S. Chopra, Librarian, Bhai Gurudas Library, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

The documents will provide vital information pertaining to various facts of elementary education to all concerned, Prof. Vandana Suhag, Registrar (Academic), Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim.

These publication of course, is of immense help and contains useful information pertaining to elementary education, Dr. Sheikh Bashir Ahmad, Chairman, J & K State Boards of School Education, J&K.

I am sure it will be very useful and informative for the concerned readers. It is being kept in the university library for the use of the students and faculty members of the university,Prof. B. Hanumaiah, Vice-Chancellor, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

This is, indeed, a very useful document, which presents the overall scenario of elementary education, across the country. Dr. Meenal Sarda, Programme Officer (Education), Aga Khan Foundation (India), New Delhi.

This book will be very useful addition to our library collection and I am sure our readers will find it useful. This book would be added to the library collection and displayed prominently in the new additions. Mr. Prabhu B. Gaddimani, Assistant Librarian, Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library, Mumbai.

The choice and usefulness of the content is very good quality and presentation is excellent. No doubt it is useful. Principal, Smt. M.M. Shah College of Education, Wadhwan City.

The publications are very useful in knowing the status of Gujarat with other states. It would be useful for research also. Shri M.N. Bhad, Director, SCERT, Gujarat.

Excellent compilation of the data, very useful in planning activities pertaining to elementary education. Dr. M. Shanmugam, Regional Director, IGNOU, Madurai.

The quality of printing and data displayed are good and are easy to use and understand. Mr. Yaqoob Memon, Director, Al-Hira Public School, Indore.

The publication is very useful to our library users and researchers. Mr. Laxmi Prasad Sharma, CRC Co-ordinator, Nandugaon, South Sikkim.

Publications are very useful for research work for faculty members and research scholars. Dr. Phanindra Goyari, Faculty Member, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

DISE publications are so good for working the uplifting of education in our day to day work. Mr. R. Kapzauva, Deputy Director, School Education, Aizawal.

Publication and information are very useful. Dr. D.K. Mathela, Joint Director of Education, Nainital, Uttarakhand.

It has very useful contents and qualitative material and presentation. Dr. Ajit Kumar Jain, Formerly Professor, HCM, RIPA & IHMR, Jaipur.

The publication is useful for our institution. It will definitely enhance our knowledge. Mr. C. G. Joshi, Principal, Rajkot Inter College, Almora.

Very good and useful publication, especially for research scholars. Dr. Pratibha Pande, Associate Professor, S. C. College, Ballia.

The publication will be of great reference to our teachers as well as students and hence a very useful addition to our library. Ms. Nandi Nailwal, Librarian, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi.

This publication is very good for Elementary Level. Dr. Shobha Pawar, Principal, District Institute of Education and Training, Loni- Kalbhor, Pune.

This is a good publication for researchers. Ms. Padmaja Panda, Librarian, D.P. Misra Institute for Advanced Studies in Special Education and Technology, Ganjam.

The report is of great help to me and to the researchers of my department. An excellent work. Dr. Vandana Upadjyay, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar.

This document will be helpful for our training programme as well as further research work. Ms. Renu Tanwar, Principal, DIET-Nathdwara, Rajsamand.

DISE publications are very useful to understand status of education and future planning. Mr. N. Raghu Kumar, Principal, DIET, Boyapalem, Guntur.

These are the authentic documents which are being used by Research Scholars very frequently. Shri. G. B. Devchardhury, Librarian, OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati.

The document is very useful to me and over one lakh teachers in our organization. Mr. Kathi Narasimha Reddy, President, State Teachers Union, Hyderabad.

It is a wonderful publication. Mr. B. Lal Tanpuia I/C Director, S.R.C Nehu, Shillong.

DISE Publication is commendable. Mr. Manindra Bhujel, Principal, Kalimpong Government Primary Teachers Training Institute, Darjelling.

Material published is useful source of data. Dr. Brundaban Chandra Mishra, Principal, DAV. Koraput.

The document is informative and very useful for our faculty members. Smt. T. G. Momin, Principal In-charge, DIET, Resubelhara, East Garo Hills.

This is very useful for the researchers. Dr. Ajay Lakhan Pal, Principal, Government College of Teacher Education, Dharamshala.

It is very informative publication and useful resource for the researchers. Mr. Gajendra Ballav Devchudhury, Librarian, OKD Institute of Social Change & Development, Guwahati.

Contents of DISE publications are very useful for us. Mr. Umesh Kumar, Secretary, Samajit Parivartan Sansthan, Shree Krishna Nagar, Giridih, Jharkhand.

Very useful for each one of us working on school education. Dr. Gouri Srivastava, Professor & Head, Department of Women’s Studies, NCERT, New Delhi.

Publications are highly useful for our research scholars. Dr. P.P. Singh, Head, Library and Documentation. Division, Patna.

DISE Publications are good for research purposes. Loyala College of Education, Namchi S. Sikkim.

Both documents shows the mirror of the District Scenario and it is quite useful to achieve the goals in the field of education. Dr. T.S. Joshi, Principal, DIET, Gandhi, Nagar, Gujarat.

In connection with our research requirements we shall appreciate receiving DISE. publication. Dr. Vibha Dutt, Secretary, Saraswati Kunj, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow.

Good compilation. Dr. Sheela Ramchandran, Vice-Chancellor, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore.

It will be a valuable addition to our library which is being used by scholars, activists and social workers. Mr. Anil Pradhan, Member-Secretary, Sikshasandhan, Sikshasandhan Campus, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

These publications are lot of value to an education sector research organization such as ours. Mr. Chetan Sharma-Datamation Group, New Delhi.

The publications containing valuable recent data on the state of elementary education in India will no doubt be found most useful by me and my students at JNU, Professor D.N. Rao, Centre for Economic Studies & Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.