Community Engagement in Schools : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Pakistan
This paper presents the results of a field experiment in rural Sindh, Pakistan, where half of the school-age children (ages 6-10 years) are out of school. The study tests simple and low-intensity approaches to strengthen engagement of communities w...
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okr-10986-339412022-09-20T00:11:59Z Community Engagement in Schools : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Pakistan Asim, Salman Riaz, Amina SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT FIELD EXPERIMENT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY POLITICAL ECONOMY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SINDH This paper presents the results of a field experiment in rural Sindh, Pakistan, where half of the school-age children (ages 6-10 years) are out of school. The study tests simple and low-intensity approaches to strengthen engagement of communities with schools: face-to-face dialogue at externally facilitated community meetings, and ongoing, anonymous dialogue via text messages. The interventions increased communities' interest in education as measured through an improvement in the number of functioning schools and, in the case of the text message treatment, substantial gains in retention of students in grades 2, 3, and 4. On the supply side, the schools significantly increased staffing and the share of one-teacher schools was reduced; however, teacher absenteeism increased, and there was no substantial impact on basic school infrastructure. Elections and capacity building for school committees were implemented in a cross-over experimental design. The intervention undermined the participation of communities in meetings and reduced impacts on all indicators except new admissions and availability of toilets in schools. No evidence is found of impact on measured test scores for any intervention. 2020-06-18T15:21:54Z 2020-06-18T15:21:54Z 2020-06-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/796781592320492516/Community-Engagement-in-Schools-Evidence-from-a-Field-Experiment-in-Pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33941 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9280 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Pakistan |
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SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT FIELD EXPERIMENT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY POLITICAL ECONOMY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SINDH Asim, Salman Riaz, Amina Community Engagement in Schools : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Pakistan |
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This paper presents the results of a
field experiment in rural Sindh, Pakistan, where half of the
school-age children (ages 6-10 years) are out of school. The
study tests simple and low-intensity approaches to
strengthen engagement of communities with schools:
face-to-face dialogue at externally facilitated community
meetings, and ongoing, anonymous dialogue via text messages.
The interventions increased communities' interest in
education as measured through an improvement in the number
of functioning schools and, in the case of the text message
treatment, substantial gains in retention of students in
grades 2, 3, and 4. On the supply side, the schools
significantly increased staffing and the share of
one-teacher schools was reduced; however, teacher
absenteeism increased, and there was no substantial impact
on basic school infrastructure. Elections and capacity
building for school committees were implemented in a
cross-over experimental design. The intervention undermined
the participation of communities in meetings and reduced
impacts on all indicators except new admissions and
availability of toilets in schools. No evidence is found of
impact on measured test scores for any intervention. |
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Asim, Salman Riaz, Amina |
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Asim, Salman Riaz, Amina |
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Asim, Salman |
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Community Engagement in Schools : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Pakistan |
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Community Engagement in Schools : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Pakistan |
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Community Engagement in Schools : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Pakistan |
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Community Engagement in Schools : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Pakistan |
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Community Engagement in Schools : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Pakistan |
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community engagement in schools : evidence from a field experiment in pakistan |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/796781592320492516/Community-Engagement-in-Schools-Evidence-from-a-Field-Experiment-in-Pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33941 |
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