Why do Children Stay absent From School?

Even in India, where quality of school-education, particularly in rural primary schools, is low, school-education is expected to make a substantial contribution to the development of a child’s potential. At the least, school-education can give…

Employment and Entrepreneurship Opportunity Assessment

Chitrakoot in UP Bundelkhand is one of the most backward districts of the state and the country. According to the Planning Atlas, Uttar Pradesh, 2006, which ranked districts of the state on 36 indicators of economic…

ARSH Baseline Study of Adolescent Girls

This report pertains to a baseline study of adolescent girls in select villages of 11 gram panchayats (GPs) of Bargarh cluster of Chitrakoot district, in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh (UP). The girls and…