Secondary Education in West Bengal: Prospects and Challenges (2013)

This study, in association with UNICEF Kolkata, aspired to address the knowledge gaps in the general awareness that appear to prevail regarding the possibilities and problems of secondary schooling in West Bengal. The research team used a number of methods to inquire into the various aspects relevant to government school education at the secondary level: the demand for and supply of schools, the curricula, the human resources, the quality of teaching and learning, the educational facilities and infrastructural necessities, the socio-economic factors governing the length and breadth of the children’s careers in school, the gender and ethnological disparities, et al. The report contains the team’s findings. Though the report clearly depicts that all isn’t well with secondary education in this state also attempts to proffer some concrete suggestions for remedial action.