caa a22 4500 606210474 CHVBK 20210128101033.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11125-015-9350-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11125-015-9350-5 Schools and learning in rural India and Pakistan: Who goes where, and how much are they learning? [Elektronische Daten] [Benjamin Alcott, Pauline Rose] It is increasingly recognized that there is a global learning crisis. This article investigates this learning crisis through a comparative analysis of rural India and Pakistan. Using data from each country's Annual Status of Education Report, it demonstrates that socioeconomic status and gender are important determinants of whether children are in school, the type of school they attend, and whether they are learning. While learning varies across schools, socioeconomic disparities predominate: disadvantaged children in private schools are learning less than more advantaged children in government schools. Gender also plays an important role, with disparities between boys and girls most pronounced among poorer children in Pakistan. In addition, while private tuition improves learning for all children, it does not resolve socioeconomic and gender disparities. The study indicates that policymakers need to focus on government schools since that is where most of the poorest children study and where learning levels are lowest. The fact that more advantaged children are learning in government schools indicates the role that such schools can play in education. UNESCO IBE, 2015 Rural education nationallicence Private schools nationallicence Learning nationallicence Inequality nationallicence India nationallicence Pakistan nationallicence Alcott Benjamin Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, 184 Hills Road, CB2 8PQ, Cambridge, UK aut Rose Pauline Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, 184 Hills Road, CB2 8PQ, Cambridge, UK aut PROSPECTS Springer Netherlands 45/3(2015-09-01), 345-363 0033-1538 45:3<345 2015 45 11125 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-015-9350-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-015-9350-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alcott Benjamin Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, 184 Hills Road, CB2 8PQ, Cambridge, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rose Pauline Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, 184 Hills Road, CB2 8PQ, Cambridge, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- PROSPECTS Springer Netherlands 45/3(2015-09-01), 345-363 0033-1538 45:3<345 2015 45 11125