5 Getting teachers to come to school Elementary schools in

Last updated: 9/25/2023

5 Getting teachers to come to school Elementary schools in rural India are usually small with a single teacher The teachers often fail to show up for work Here is an idea for improving attendance give the teacher a digital camera with a tamper proof time and date stamp and ask a student to take a photo of the teacher and class at the beginning and end of the day Offer the teacher better pay for good attendance verified by the photos Will this work A randomized comparative experiment started with 120 rural schools in Rajasthan and as signed 60 to this treatment and 60 to a control group Random checks for teacher attendance showed that 21 of teachers in the treatment group were absent as opposed to 42 in the control group 27 a Outline the design of this experiment b Label the schools and choose the first 10 schools for the treatment group If you use Table B start at