Joshi, Gaurav Joshi, Amit and  Pant, Abhishek Kumar  <br/><br/>
Does education make local elected officials perform better? A case of gram panchayats in India 

 - Indian Journal of Public Administration   
 - 71(1), Mar, 2025: p.53-61 
<br/><br/> In India, in keeping with constitutional provisions, some states have started prescribing educational qualification criteria for candidates contesting elections to Panchayati Raj system of local self-government bodies. This study attempts to analyse whether educational qualifications indeed enable a local elected official (LEO) perform better. The study was conducted in Uttarakhand state of India. Two-stage cluster (probability) sampling was used. Data for the study were collected from 128 gram panchayats in four blocks of the state, selected randomly using the two-stage cluster sampling method. Results showed that educational background has a significant impact on the LEO’s performance, with secondary education having the largest impact followed by tertiary education.- Reproduced <br/><br/>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00195561241284449<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Educational qualifications, Gram Panchayat, Gram Panchayat padhans, Local elected officials, Regression analysis.