Projects of Education and learning
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Articles on results obtained by the Regional Child Development Indicators Project (PRIDI)
Santiago Cueto was assigned by the IADB to write two articles making use of the study results that are being obtained with the Bank’s funding within the framework of the Regional Child Development Indicators Project (PRIDI). This project evaluates children’s development levels in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru, and is being jointly coordinated […]
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Equality and equity in learning in Peru
The study seeks to document the existence and magnitude of the learning gaps in the school-age population in Peru, based on cross-cutting databases, and their evolution over time based on longitudinal data. In this connection, the matter is addressed using the performance census evaluation of second grade primary students (ECE 2008 to 2011) and international […]
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Support to the organization of virtual activities towards the Seventh International Education Conference
Fundación Telefónica is in charge of organizing the Seventh International Education Conference covering several activities in nine countries in 2012 and 2013. The central question of the conference is: How should education be in the 21st Century? Activities will be organized in each country around a specific subject. Peru’s subject is “What and how to […]
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One Laptop per Child at home. Supervision, monitoring and training workshops for teachers and pupils
This Project allows the supervision, monitoring and training of teachers and students in the use of internet and online educational programs within the framework of “One Laptop per Child at home. Technology and human capital: interventions at home: general supervision, training and monitoring” that GRADE is performing.
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Incremental Places Determination System for Regular Basic Education (Design Evaluation and Public Budget Execution)
Evaluation of the Incremental Places Determination System for Regular Basic Education implemented by the Expenditure Quality Improvement Circle of the Ministry of Education (MINEDU) Budget Unit, as a response to the concern of ensuring availability of teachers according to the Peruvian educational system priorities. This system aims at providing new job openings in schools (whether […]
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One Laptop per Child at home. Technology and human capital: interventions at home: general supervision, training and monitoring. Second stage
Continuation of the study commenced in 2001, under which laptops of the OLPC (One Laptop per Child) program are randomly assigned to students of the six primary school grades in 14 schools with low performance in Lima. This time, another 14 schools are included (also randomly assigned) which do not receive the laptops individually, but […]
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Teacher absenteeism: Associated factors and effect on performance
The study has two objectives. The first one is to describe how the demographic characteristics of teachers, their formation and professional experience and their commitment and satisfaction with their work interact and relate to teacher absenteeism in educational institutions in urban and rural zones. The second objective is to study the relation existing between teacher […]
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Individual and family characteristics, educational opportunities and school performance: a longitudinal study in Peru
Studies conducted in Peru and other developing countries suggest that the educational system is set out in an unfair manner, strengthening existing inequalities in society in general. For instance, students from families in higher socio-economic level usually attend private educational institutions, which, in general, have better infrastructure than public educational institutions and higher performances in […]
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The effects of characteristics of students and of their secondary education institutions on their transition towards higher education (or towards the labor market): A longitudinal study in Metropolitan Lima.
The reform of the Peruvian civil service is currently on debate, causing the study of income differences between the public and private sectors to become relevant. This study seeks to add to the little literature existing in this respect, proposing a new identification strategy to address the bias produced by non-observable variables. Furthermore, it will […]