State Report Cards 2006

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I find the publication very informative and useful, Mr. A. B. Bardhan, General Secretary, Communist Party of India, New Delhi

It is extremely rich in information and it states clearly what the strengths and shortcomings of this data are, in short, it is an excellent contribution to education in India and will be very helpful to researchers, Dr. Geeta Kingdon, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, Oxford (UK)

I was amazed by the enormity of the data you have compiled, Mr. V. Renganathan, IMRB International Consultant, E-mail: renganathan.v@imrbint.com 

It is indeed very useful for researchers and students, Prof. Tamo Mibang, Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar

The publication is useful and significant for our teacher’s training programmes and it provides comprehensive picture about the status of elementary education in India, Prof. Hemlata Talesra, Jain Vishva Bharti Institute, Ladnun

The publication is very informative and innovative, Prof. C. R. Hazra, Vice-Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur

It is indeed a very valuable reference document, Dr. M. Anandakrishnan, Chairman, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai

The Analytical Report is very useful and relevant, Prof. Iila Patel, Institute of Rural Management, Anand

The publication is very informative in the context of education and useful to us, Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar, Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad

Indeed, this document is an asset to researchers and policy makers to access valuable information pertaining to various facets of elementary education, Prof. Sailabala Debi, Director, Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, Darwad

I wish and hope our library users make best use of the document, Librarian, Punjab University Library, Chandigarh

The publication is highly praiseworthy and useful to our students and teachers in their research activities, Prof. A. K. Koul, Vice-Chancellor, National Law University, Jodhpur

The publication is a compendium of data that can be useful to the administrators at all levels, researchers and planners, Dr. S. Kumar, Former Director Bharat Scouts and Guides, Panchkula

This is a most valuable publication, Prof. Jean Dreze, G. B Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad

I appreciate the hard and sustained work gone into the preparation of the report, Dr. S.S. Rajagopalan, The Hindu, Chennai

It is a valuable report; I wish to congratulate NUEPA for the excellent presentation, which is reader friendly, Prof. Ashish Bose, Leading Demographer and Former Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

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

Thanks for sending me this invaluable volume, Prof. Anil Sadgopal, Sahkar Nagar, Bhopal

I am sure the document will be of great help to all those who are committed to universal elementary education. Mr. Prakash Karat, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist), New Delhi

We find the Analytical Report very useful addition to our library, Mrs. P.S. Sharma, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai, Powai

I find the Analytical Report quite informative and useful, Dr. Arun S. Sutaria, Director, Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahemadabad

It is very useful in our documentation centre for women and children, Ms. Meenakshi Sood, Deputy Director, NIPCCD, New Delhi

The publication will help our researchers and students, Prof. Ratneswar Bhattacharjee, Director, Centre for Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, University of Kalyani, Kalyani

The publication will be highly beneficial to our institute, Principal, District Institute of Education and Training, Lakhimpur Khery

The publication is a well prepared document and is highly useful for academic institutions, Mr. P.L. Gautam, Vice-Chancellor, G. B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Uttaranchal

The publication is of immense help to our students, Prof. Rameshchandra G. Kothari, Vice-Chancellor, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat

We find the publication very informative and exhaustive, Dr. S. Krishanamoorthy, Dean (Administration), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

The publication will be displayed in the library for students and teachers reference, Principal, Karnataka University College of Education, Dharwad

I hope that our readers will be greatly benefited by the publication, Mr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan, Librarian, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

This is a good publication and we appreciate it, Dr. P.D. Kaushik, Associate Director, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi

The publication will surely help us in enriching knowledge of elementary education in India, Dr. H. Lallungmuana, Principal, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl

We are indebted to you for our constant growth and achievement. Mr. Philomena, Principal, Jyoti Nivas Autonomous College, Bangalore

I am sure that the Analytical Report will be a valuable addition to our collection and will be useful to our users, Mr. Yogendra Singh, Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee

We find the data extremely useful and informative, Dr, Pragnya Ram, Group Executive President, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Ltd, Mumbai

The publication gives an excellent account of progress on elementary education, Dr. S. L. Mehta, Vice-Chancellor, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur

I appreciate your kind gesture, Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman, Infosys Technologies Limited, Bangalore

The report cards will be very useful to our readers interested in the subject, Mr. K.N. Mehta, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat

At a glance I could make out that it is very useful publication, Mr. Swami Swarupananda, Ramakrishna Ashram, Ramakrishnapuri, Gwailor

The publication will be very useful for our research students and students following the M.Sc in comparative and international education, Mr. Judy Reading, Librarian, Educational Studies Librarian (Oxford University Library Services), Oxford (U. K)

The volume is of immense use to the students and faculty members of our university, Dr. S. Sundari, Registrar, Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal

It is indeed a very valuable research and policy tool. I am sure it would be used widely, Prof.  Prayag Mehta, Chairman, Participation and Development Centre, New Delhi

We hope that the contents would be very useful to WHO staff members, Ms. Anchalee Chamchuklin, Information Management and Dissemination, World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi

I am sure that researchers would find it immensely useful for their teaching and research work, Ms. K.T. Dilli, Librarian, Loyola College, Chennai

I am sure that it will be of great value in the work of CII in the area of primary education, Ms. Alka Chaudhary, Director, Confederation of India Industry, New Delhi

The publication is quite useful and informative, Mr. Aswini Kumar Pati, Director & CEO, Indira Gandhi Integral Education Centre, Jharsuguda, Orissa

Your publications are surely useful and informative, always gives me a great encouragement to my further studies, Ms. Hisako Akai, Fukuoka, Japan 

The data so painstakingly collected and collated is bound to be found most valuable, Mr. Subash C. Kashyap, C. P. R Library, New Delhi

It is really an informative publication and will be an immense use to our faculty and researchers at I.E.G, Prof. Kanchan Chopra, Director, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

The publication is a valuable document for research workers and deserves felicitations for their splendid work, Dr. A.K. Kundu. Deputy Librarian, North-Eastern Hill University, Tura

This important collection of data in the field of elementary education will certainly prove valuable to our education planners and policy formulators as well as to the researchers and those of us who are working in the field of education, Prof. Milap Dugar, Vice-Chancellor, IASE Deemed University, Sardarshahr, Rajasthan

We appreciate your gesture; it enabled us to meet the need of our student’s community, Librarian, J. X. Miller Memorial Library, Lady Doak College, Madurai

I am sure that this report would, as the earlier reports have been, quite valuable to us, Mr. P.M. Kulkarni, School of Social Sciences Jawarharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

The publication will definitely help scholars and school administrators, Dr. Abdul Waheed, Department of Sociology and Social Works, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

We congratulate NUEPA for bringing out such a quality work, Ms. Rashmi Gangwar, Lucknow, rashmi.gangwar@ceeindia.org

The publication will be immensely beneficial to our organization, which is working closely with different school systems in every district, Mr. S. Selvaraj, Assistant Commissioner (Academics), K. V. S, New Delhi

I found elementary education in India: progress towards UEE, analytical report, quite useful, Ms. Preeti R. Kanaujia, Programme Officer, C. E. E North, Lucknow

The publication is a good source of information about elementary education in India & will immensely benefit academic community, Mr. D. D Pednekar, Officer In-charge, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

At a first glance, the report looks very useful and informative, Ms. Vandita Sharma, Country Director, Education Development Center, Jayanagar

I am sure that NUEPA will strive to further facilitate such crucial information for the research and others interested in education, Dr. Rajendra Menaria, rkmenaria@rediffmail.com

It will immensely helpful to our users, Mr. G. B. Devchoudhury, Librarian, Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati

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

A quick outlook of the report indicates that the volume has rich data on a number of important issues related to education, Ms. Sandhya Berge, Associate Director, CORT, Vadodara

The publication is indeed a fascinating report with such wealth of data about elementary education in the county, Mr. Baldev Mahajan, Formerly Joint Director, National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi

I assure you that a great concern would be given to the publication’s display and also its value would undoubtedly be preserved, Mr. R. Sekar, Librarian, IIPM, Chennai

The publication will be used with great benefit by our resource persons and participants working in the field of school education, Prof. A.R. Kidwai, Director, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

I am sure the documents will be of immense interest to our library members, Mr. Ainul Abedin, Deputy Manager, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

The publications are extremely useful and relevant, Prof. Denzil Saldanha, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

The report will certainly help civil societies in formulating and designing their educational programs, Mr. Kamal Deep Jain, Sr. Project Member, Great Indian Dream Foundation, New Delhi

It is indeed a very detailed document and holds valuable information, Mr. Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Programme Director, Save the Children India Office, New Delhi

This would be a useful document for our work on human development, Dr. Seeta Prabhu, United Nations Development  Programme, New Delhi

I found it very useful, Prof. A.K. Jalaluddin, New Delhi

It is a useful compilation and I hope it would continue to be published, Prof. Amrik Singh, New Delhi

The publication is very much useful and important for me and my scholars, Dr. Siba Charan Subudhi, Department of Education NEHU, Tura,

The publication will be an extremely useful reference material for me, Prof. V. C. Kulandai Swamy, Former Vice-Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Chennai

This is good piece of work, which is timely and far-reaching since it is going to be of great help to the research scholars and the Government of India, Prof. V D Madan, New Delhi

I appreciate your efforts for the preparation of such a comprehensive school report,  Prof. T. C. Gjyanai, Education Institute (Deemed University), Dayalbagh, Agra

The DISE documents are quite useful and informative, Dr. T.S. Joshi, Principal, District Institute of Education &Training, Gandhinagar

The publication will be extensively used by the readers, Dr. M.R Prabhu, Director, WRC/ICSSR, wrcicssr@yahoo.co.in

I have seen the report at a glance; really, you have made it possible after very rigorous work, Mr. Ambarish Rai, Convener, People’s Campaign for Common System (PCCSS), amb1857@yahoo.com

These publications are extremely useful to us, Dr. K.K. Krishnakumar, Secretary, Centre for Socio-economic & Environmental Studies, Kerala

I have located the volume in the library and will bring them to the attention of   colleagues and students, Prof  Kuldeep Mathur, formally with Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

The publication is very useful to our faculty members, Prof. M.C. Sharma, Director, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi

Please continue to send these publications; I truly appreciate your efforts, Dr. Samala Ramesh Babu, Editor, Nadustunna Charitra, Vijaywada

We are very much grateful to receive the publications which will surely benefit researchers, Dr. M.R. Prasad, Editor, Manpower Journal, Institute of Applied Manpower Research, Delhi

The publication provides comprehensive analysis about the status of elementary education in India, Ms. Sushma Berlia, President, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi

The publication is the most useful addition to our knowledge on the subject, Prof. Arun Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

The bar diagram and charts presented are very impressive and informative, Dr. V. Jagannath, Lecturer in Economics, Government Degree College, Anantapur

I have found the data very informative and useful for our research purpose, Mr. Abusaleh Shariff, Member Secretary, Prime Minister’s High Level Committee, New Delhi

We must appreciate the efforts made for bringing out this informative volume,  Ms. Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, Developing Library Network, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi

The publication is really useful to the All India Primary Teachers’ Federation (AIPTF); we congratulate NUEPA for bringing out such a useful publication, Mr. S. Eswaran, Secretary General, All India Primary Teachers’ Federation, New 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

This publication will be very useful for those interested in the area of elementary education, Prof Mohammad Miyan, Dean, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi

This is really amazing to see the remote village schools information on your website. The site will be very useful in understanding the status of the Indian schools, Mr. R. Venkat Reddy, venkatmvf@yahoo.com

After having gone through it cursorily, I have put the publication in our library, Prof. Bipan Chandra, Chairman, National Book Trust, India, New Delhi

The documents are well researched and analyzed and are extremely useful for scholars on the subject of education, Dr. Shaheen Ansari, Indicus, New Delhi

The volume has come out very well with all information, Prof K. Sudha Rao, Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka State Open University, Karnataka

The document is highly useful for us for planning and administration of education programmes in the district, Principal, District Institute of Education & Training, Malappuram

The data presented in the document are valuable additions to our documentation on the status of elementary education, Dr. Trilok N. Dhar, Education Consultant, New Delhi

This publication is very informative and will be put to good use in the school library, Mrs. S. Chona, Principal,  Delhi Public School, New Delhi

There is a good amount of information in State Report Cards, Prof. A. N. Nalla Gounden, Chennai

These useful compendiums will be a great source of information for the scholars, policy planners and others interested in the area of education, Prof. Ajit Kumar Jain, Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur

This publication is very much useful and informative for social and human-rights activists, Prof. Sheotaj Singh, General Secretary, Bounded Labour Liberation, New Delhi

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

This useful, informative and analytical collection is sure to inspire and encourage our policy makers, planners, project coordinators and other end users, Swami Pranananda, Ramakrishna Mission, Kolkata

Our heartiest thanks for sending such an important publication, Mr. Karan Tyagi, National Alliance For Right to Education of Equity, New Delhi

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

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

I would like to complement NUEPA for conceptualising and implementing DISE. I think it is an important step in the right direction, Mr. Sridhar Rajagopalan, Educational Initiatives, Ahmedabad

I am happy to see such data being complied and even more excited to see my own school being listed in www.schoolreportcards.in, Mr. Pawan Gupta, pshiv7@yahoo.com

Schoolreportcards.in will help me immensely to identify infrastructure gaps in schools and plan accordingly, Mr. Sujoy Chaudhury, GOAL India, Kolkata

NUEPA deserve all praises and compliments for such a huge compilation of information about each and every school, Dr. Jitendra Sharma Associate Professor, S.G.K. Teachers' College, Jodhpur

It is very interesting and provides us with a lot of state level data to give us a good sense of variation, Dr. Ellis Simon, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Montreal

School Report Cards would definitely be an asset and of great use to all the stakeholders in education, Mr. Narinder Bhatia, narinder.bhatia@ciionline.org

The Site (www.schoolreportcards.in) is very useful. I have seen the facts of the middle school in my village, Mr. Dharmveer Kumar, post_2_dk@yahoo.co.in 

The School report cards e-database is a powerful tool to use for any large scale intervention in the metro cities, Dr. Sangeeta Dey, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, New Delhi

NUEPA has done a splendid job in the area of school information system. Schoolreportcards.in will undoubtedly enhance the transparency and accountability at the school level, Dr. V. P. Niranjanaradhya, Senior Research Officer, Centre for Child and the Law, National Law School of India University, Bangalore

I feel this publication would be a good material for researchers in education, Prof. P. R. Panchamukhi, Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, Dharwad

This (www.schoolreportcards.in) is a landmark achievement, Mr. Aanand Sarup, sarupanand@hotmail.com

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

There is such a lot of useful data generated that I hope this receives much wider publicity, Prof. Bibek Debroy, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi

On the cursory glance at the publication that it contains a wealth of information and competent analysis, I have no doubt that it will be highly useful to me and my research students at JNU.  Prof. D.N. Rao, Centre for Economics Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi  

I take this opportunity to express our gratitude for having involved in the great task of brining up the comprehensive analysis of the status of elementary education in India, Prof. Vishwanath Pandit, Head, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Anantapur

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, Chief, Education Section, UNICEF India Country Office, New Delhi

It is massive work done which can be used by researches and policy makers, Prof. Ruddar Datt, President, Indian Economic Association, Delhi

These are very useful reference documents giving district-wise data on enrolment, number of teachers and facilities in schools, Prof. A B L Srivastava, Chief Consultant, Ed. CIL, New Delhi

I would like to congratulate NUEPA for bringing out a publication that provides in-depth documentation and data on current trends and issues of elementary education in India, Prof. Aku-Ied, Director, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

The publication will be kept in our documentation centre for reference and circulation, Ms. M. Yang, Director and UNESCO Representative, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, New Delhi

The publication is a valuable document and we congratulate NUEPA for bringing it out, Ms. Indu Capoor, Director, Chetna, Ahmedabad

It is indeed, quite informative and useful for the policy planners, administrators and researchers in the filed of elementary education, Dr. R.S. Sharma, Ex-Fellow, NUEPA, New Delhi