Occasional Papers
This segment showcases essays or reports not published on a regular basis that contribute to the public deliberations on specific issues relevant to the core concerns of Pratichi
Himachal Pradesh has a relatively impressive educational record within the national universe of India. Against this backdrop, this paper seeks to understand what constitutes the experiences of being a girl student in government run schools in this state. View Report ...
This inquiry into the rather understudied field of teaching and learning environmental studies (EVS) in the primary schools of Himachal Pradesh aims to find out the age and cultural appropriateness of the content used and to understand the reasons behind the subject usually not being popular among students ...
This paper makes an attempt to examine the critical issues surrounding the imperative dependence of people, especially in rural West Bengal, on quacks or unqualified medical practitioners (UMPs) who do not have any of the medical qualifications required to practice any legitimate system of medicine ...
This work is intended to foster a public debate on the teaching and learning of science in this state, and more broadly on science as a method of enquiry that affords one the ‘freedom to doubt.’ View Report ...
This case study attempts to show the various connections of the teachers’ unions with the development of primary education in West Bengal. View Report ...
This evaluation showcases how the work of Pratichi (India) Trust in the field of child education and health has empowered all people – even the common masses – to participate in policy design and planning by providing them with the opportunity to speak out their minds. View Report ...
This paper examines how the gaps in educational opportunities and achievements of students belonging to specific economic classes, social backgrounds, gender and ethnic identities as well as geographical locations have increased rather than decreased. View Report ...
This in-depth exposition of a particular village – reasonably close to Sriniketan and Santiniketan in Birbhum – focuses on the myriad changes in the social, economic, political and cultural fabric of village societies as well as aspects from the past that continue to cohabit with the present there ...
This is a detailed exploration of a village that in many ways represents any common Santal village in the Damin area of Santal Pargana ...