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Public schools in India are often viewed as decaying sites with high teacher absenteeism, and attempts to dismiss errant teachers rarely succeed. Policy has sought to address accountability by training, motivating, and incentivizing teachers. On any given school day, roughly 25 % of primary teachers are absent, and 55 % of fifth‑grade students fail a basic reading test.
Public schools in India are frequently viewed as sites of decay where little teaching or learning happens. On any given school-day, 24.8 percent of public primary schoolteachers are absent across India (Kremer et al, 2005). Not surprisingly, a recent study found that 55 percent of 5 Grade students in public schools failed a basic test of reading comprehension (NCERT, 2007). Dismissing or suspending errant teachers might appear to be a solution, but this rarely happens in India (Kremer et al, 2006). Instead, policy has attempted to solve the problem of accountability by training, motivating and incentivizing teachers. Absenteeism rates, however, remain high and accountability elusive.
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