Sikshasandhan: Funding Challenges and Mission Drift

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (01) ◽  
pp. 89-109
Author(s):  
Pradeep Kumar Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
State Government ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
The State ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Tribal People ◽  
Mission Drift ◽  
Full Implementation ◽  
Model School

Sikshasandhan is a not-for-profit organisation working in the field of education for the last 16 years. The organisation is headquartered in Bhubaneswar and it has been operating in some tribal areas of Odisha. In 1995, the organisation started its operations as a resource centre to cater to the needs of elementary education particularly of the tribal people in the state. At present Sikshasandhan has 36 full time employees and 29 volunteers. Its main activities include running alternative education centres, making right to education effective at grassroot level, advocacy with the state government on issues related to elementary education, and running a resource centre — including a library and publishing various books and periodicals. For a decade, a committed long-term funding partner supported the organisation’s activities. Recently the agency has indicated withdrawal of a significant part of its grant support. Under these circumstances, Mr. A. Pradhan, the Member-Secretary of the organisation, has to look for alternative sources of funding. As he consulted various stakeholders, he received a number of suggestions like expanding into other sectors such as health, livelihoods, women development, and climate change; going into full implementation mode rather than operating as a resource centre; and starting a full-fledged model school. So far the organisation has focused on elementary education for tribal people. Looking at the existing pattern of funding in the development sector, it was no surprise for Mr. Pradhan that the suggestions for diversification have come from various stakeholders. Also, government and various other donors have good amount of funds for implementing schemes at grassroot level, which is not available for a resource agency. Hence full-fledged implementation was a lucrative idea. Given the success of private educational institutions in Odisha, the rationale for a model school was also understandable. But would such actions not create a ‘mission drift’? The organisation was not set up to cater to issues like climate change and women development. Such issues are important but delving into other fields would dilute the institutional expertise. Going into full implementation mode would also not make much difference to the education sector as there are already a number of players at that level — it also may turn the organisation into a service contractor. With these concerns in mind, Mr. Pradhan prepared a note for the upcoming meetings of governing board. He has to present an action plan on how to manage the finances in the next ten years.

scholarly journals MANAJEMEN PENGEMBANGAN MUTU LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN (Studi di Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri (MIN) Tempel Yogyakarta)

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Alfian Eko Rochmawan
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
State Government ◽  
Further Education ◽  
The State ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Environmentally Sound ◽  
Management Functions

Islamic Elementary education institutions Negri Tempel is an institution engaged in education on the basis of Islamic education that is inseparable from the competition and competition from other Islamic educational institutions. Tempel State Islamic Elementary School is an institute under the auspices of the Ministry of Religion. The purpose of its establishment is to increase the intelligence, knowledge, personality, character, and skills to live independently and to follow further education, which is expected to be achieved and sustained total liability. This study aims to present how the development of quality management in the State Government Elementary School Tempel covering Planing, Organizing, Actuating, Controlling. Inside analysis by looking kekutan institutions namely the implementation and development of quality educational institutions. The result is that the State Government Elementary School Tempel Yogyakarta has different characteristics with other agencies like Islamic Elementary. The development of quality educational institutions can be reviewed through the theory of planning, organizing, supervision or control. In plain practical management functions have been implemented in the State Islamic Elementary Tempel Yogyakarta and has been implemented effectively. Thus the implementation of the development of quality management education institutions in general have a direct impact on the management of the State Government Elementary School in Yogyakarta Tempel. Cooperation institutions have been embedded in every teachers, employees and students so as to produce graduates who are high achievers, moral qur'ani, confident, healthy and innovative environmentally sound.

scholarly journals State Climate Change Planning

2019 ◽  
pp. 370-380
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Gogoi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
The State ◽  
Preparation Process ◽  
State Action ◽  
Local Factors ◽  
National Planning ◽  
The Status

In 2009, India began one of the world’s largest exercises in sub-national planning for climate change, with the launch of the State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) preparation process. How have the SAPCCs fared over the last 10 years and what does this say about the potential and challenges of state climate change planning? This chapter explores the evolving concept of state climate change planning in India, and whether and how implementation of SAPCCs has occurred and the challenges surrounding it. It uses examples from six states (Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Odisha) to draw out trends in terms of not only the status of SAPCC implementation but also evidence of wider mainstreaming of adaptation within development planning. The experience of these states suggest that state climate change planning is motivated and influenced by different and varied local factors, particularly governance-related challenges.

Action Plan for the Development of a South Australian Seaweed Industry

2018 ◽  
pp. 180-200
Author(s):  
Anthony Cheshire
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
State Government ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
The State ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Cooperative Research ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Fundamental Challenge ◽  
Funding Mechanisms ◽  
Seaweed Industry

The fundamental challenge in developing a South Australian macroalgae industry sector is that in Australia almost every funding mechanisms that would typically provide support for the under-pinning research and development (e.g., ARC linkage grants, Cooperative Research Centre grants, AusIndustry grants, etc.) rely on existing industry participants to invest. The plan outlined in this chapter is expected to break this nexus. The plan will be resourced through a funding bid to the state government, with the funds then being deployed against the respective project components with additional leverage on funding from cognate agencies, institutions, and granting bodies. It is expected that the work that underpins this book will also trigger a CRC bid.

scholarly journals Fatores relacionados ao atraso escolar no estado de Minas Gerais

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (72) ◽  
pp. 886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josiane Souza de Paula ◽  
Ana Maria De Paiva Franco ◽  
José Waldemar da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Education ◽  
White Male ◽  
Logistic Models ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Full Time ◽  
School Factors ◽  
Retained Students ◽  
Heterogeneous Classes

<p>O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar os fatores que se relacionam com o atraso escolar em Minas Gerais. A metodologia utilizada envolve a aplicação de modelos logísticos hierárquicos para os dados da Prova Brasil de 2013, referentes aos 5º e 9º anos, na tentativa de identificar se existem diferenças entre os fatores associados ao atraso escolar nos anos iniciais e finais do ensino fundamental. Os resultados obtidos mostram que características dos estudantes e também as escolares estão relacionadas com a probabilidade de ocorrência de atraso escolar, havendo diferenças regionais nesse aspecto. Em particular, observa-se que as maiores chances de defasagem idade-série são para alunos do sexo masculino, não brancos, que trabalham fora de casa, estudam em turmas heterogêneas e em escolas que adotam programas de redução de taxas de abandono. Além disso, fica caracterizado que o desempenho dos estudantes considerados em atraso escolar é mais prejudicado em algumas escolas do que em outras, dependendo do nível socioeconômico do aluno.</p><p>Repetência, Modelo Logístico Hierárquico, Prova Brasil, Minas Gerais.</p><p> </p><p>Factores relacionados con el atraso escolar en el estado de Minas Gerais</p><p>El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar los factores que se relacionan con el atraso escolar en Minas Gerais. La metodología utilizada abarca la aplicación de modelos logísticos jerárquicos para los datos de la Prova Brasil del 2013, relativos a los 5º y 9º años, con el intento de identificar si hay diferencias entre los factores associados al atraso escolar en los primeros y los últimos años de la educación fundamental. Los resultados que se obtuvieron muestran que las características de los estudiantes y también las escolares se relacionan con la probabilidad de que ocurra un atraso escolar, habiendo diferencias regionales en este aspecto. Por encima de todo se observa que las mayores chances de desfase edad-año escolar ocurren con alunos del sexo masculino, no blancos, que trabajan fuera de casa, estudian en grupos heterogéneos y en escuelas que adoptan programas de reducción de tasas de abandono. Además, se caracteriza que el desempeño de los estudiantes considerados en atraso escolar es más perjudicado en algunas escuelas que en otras en función del nivel socioeconómico del alumno.</p><p>Repetición, Modelo Logístico Jerárquico, Prova Brasil, Minas Gerais.</p><p> </p><p>Factors related to school delay in the state of Minas Gerais</p><p>This article aims to analyze the main factors related to school delay in the State of Minas Gerais. We applied Hierarchical Logistic Models, based on data from Prova Brasil 2013 for 5th and 9th graders, to identify whether there are differences between the factors associated with school delay in the early and final years of elementary education. Results show that student characteristics and school factors are related to the probability of school retention, with regional differences in this regard. Results also show that the greatest chance of age-grade mismatch is for non-white male students, who also work part- or full-time and attend heterogeneous classes in schools with programs to reduce dropout rates. In addition, the performance of retained students seems to be harmed more in some schools than in others, depending on students’ socioeconomic level.</p><p>Grade Repetition, Hierarchical Logistic Model, Prova Brasil, Minas Gerais.</p>

Politični položaj na Slovenskem leta 1919

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2020) (2) ◽  
pp. 359-394
Author(s):  
Jurij Perovšek
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Liberal Party ◽  
New Era ◽  
Party Organisation ◽  
Western Border ◽  
Historical Phenomenon ◽  
First Time ◽  
Similar Development

For Slovenes in the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes the year 1919 represented the final step to a new political beginning. With the end of the united all-Slovene liberal party organisation and the formation of separate liberal parties, the political party life faced a new era. Similar development was showing also in the Marxist camp. The Catholic camp was united. For the first time, Slovenes from all political camps took part in the state government politics and parliament work. They faced the diminishing of the independence, which was gained in the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, and the mutual fight for its preservation or abolition. This was the beginning of national-political separations in the later Yugoslav state. The year 1919 was characterized also by the establishment of the Slovene university and early occurrences of social discontent. A declaration about the new historical phenomenon – Bolshevism, had to be made. While the region of Prekmurje was integrated to the new state, the questions of the Western border and the situation with Carinthia were not resolved. For the Slovene history, the year 1919 presents a multi-transitional year.

Lifting the Veil

2014 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-55
Author(s):  
Scott Pittman
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
State Government ◽  
The State ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Red Scare ◽  
National Archives ◽  
The Veil ◽  
Hiring And Firing ◽  
And Control ◽  
California Schools

The story of anti-communism in California schools is a tale well and often told. But few scholars have appreciated the important role played by private surveillance networks. This article examines how privately funded and run investigations shaped the state government’s pursuit of leftist educators. The previously-secret papers of Major General Ralph H. Van Deman, which were opened to researchers at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., only a few years ago, show that the general operated a private spy network out of San Diego and fed information to military, federal, and state government agencies. Moreover, he taught the state government’s chief anti-communist bureaucrat, Richard E. Combs, how to recruit informants and monitor and control subversives. The case of the suspicious death of one University of California, Los Angeles student – a student that the anti-communists claimed had been “scared to death” by the Reds – shows the extent of the collaboration between Combs and Van Deman. It further illustrates how they conspired to promote fear of communism, influence hiring and firing of University of California faculty, and punish those educators who did not support their project. Although it was rarely successful, Combs’ and Van Deman’s coordinated campaign reveals a story of public-private anticommunist collaboration in California that has been largely forgotten. Because Van Deman’s files are now finally open to researchers, Californians can gain a much more complete understanding of their state bureaucracy’s role in the Red Scare purges of California educators.

Varied Responses to Human-Induced Seismicity in the City of Azle, Texas

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Sarmistha R. Majumdar
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Induced Seismicity ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Prior History ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
The Status

Fracking has helped to usher in an era of energy abundance in the United States. This advanced drilling procedure has helped the nation to attain the status of the largest producer of crude oil and natural gas in the world, but some of its negative externalities, such as human-induced seismicity, can no longer be ignored. The occurrence of earthquakes in communities located at proximity to disposal wells with no prior history of seismicity has shocked residents and have caused damages to properties. It has evoked individuals’ resentment against the practice of injection of fracking’s wastewater under pressure into underground disposal wells. Though the oil and gas companies have denied the existence of a link between such a practice and earthquakes and the local and state governments have delayed their responses to the unforeseen seismic events, the issue has gained in prominence among researchers, affected community residents, and the media. This case study has offered a glimpse into the varied responses of stakeholders to human-induced seismicity in a small city in the state of Texas. It is evident from this case study that although individuals’ complaints and protests from a small community may not be successful in bringing about statewide changes in regulatory policies on disposal of fracking’s wastewater, they can add to the public pressure on the state government to do something to address the problem in a state that supports fracking.

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