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100			_aBanerji, Rukmini
245			_aPoverty and primary schooling: field studies from Mumbai and Delhi
260			_c2000
300			_ap.795-802
362			_a4 Mar
520			_aA new and flexible approach to the schooling of children of the urban poor is imperative. Field studies in Mumbai and Delhi have yielded the insight that the reason for so many slum children not being in school has less to do with their families' economic circumstances than with the school system's shortcomings. The available evidence also suggests that the amount of learning the average slum family pupil in India acquires in primary school falls far short of what may legitimately be expected. - Reproduced
650			_aSchools - India - Maharashtra
650			_aSchools - India - Delhi
650			_aPrimary schools - India - Maharashtra
650			_aPrimary schools - India - Delhi
650			_aPoverty - India - Delhi
650			_aPoverty - India - Maharashtra
650			_aPrimary schools
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a44079
999			_c44079 _d44079