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Jliti10snpitv in ~buration - Institute for Social and Economic Change

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supplies students, it also <strong>in</strong>teracts with the 6chccls In<br />

many ways. Such <strong>in</strong>teractions between schools <strong>and</strong><br />

community becomes crucial <strong>in</strong> determ<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the teacher<br />

accountability, the resources <strong>for</strong> teach<strong>in</strong>g, regularity<br />

of the teachers as well as the quality of teach<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

It<br />

must be noted at this po<strong>in</strong>t that the rural schoo16,<br />

where the facilities are bare m<strong>in</strong>imum/have limited<br />

resources, the only resource that they can boast of IS<br />

the teacher. The above mentioned four factors revolve<br />

around the teacher <strong>and</strong> his style of function<strong>in</strong>g<br />

(Verghese & Gov<strong>in</strong>da, 1993).<br />

The<br />

teacher <strong>and</strong> his style of function<strong>in</strong>g<br />

decides<br />

teach<strong>in</strong>g<br />

learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the educational transactions In terms of the<br />

methods adopted, the nature of teachlngactivities<br />

<strong>and</strong> the amount of time spent<br />

active <strong>in</strong>struction.<br />

The educational transactions <strong>in</strong> turn determIne<br />

the students outcomes <strong>in</strong> the <strong>for</strong>m of both school<br />

attendance <strong>and</strong> achievements. The teacher competence,<br />

students socio-economic background <strong>and</strong> students ability<br />

do effect pupil outcomes.<br />

The present study focu9ses on<br />

the variations across schools functIon<strong>in</strong>g In villages<br />

with<br />

different characteristics.<br />

Variation with<strong>in</strong><br />

the<br />

school is not considered.<br />

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