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Strengthening State Open Schools: A Need for a Dedicated and Focused Policy for School Dropouts

14/01/2026

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(Co-authored with Nikhil Rahangdale and Alka Singh)

India has a strange problem in its school system where almost every child starts primary school, but a large number of them never finish high school. UDISE+ 2024–25 shows that while India enrolls 246.9 million students, only 64.8 million reach secondary grades. Dropout …


Adequate Budgets for Children is key to sustainable development

06/07/2019

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Adequate Budgets for Children is key to sustainable development 
Modi 2.0 Budget: Good initiatives; More needed for Every last Child
Amarnath Habbar Kalle, NIPFP, Alka Singh, Save the Children
With Inputs from Rohit Dutta, NIPFP and Shivani Bhaskar, Save the Children