Working Paper on Young Lives in Andhra Pradesh

Increasing choice or inequality? Pathways through early education in Andhra Pradesh, India is the latest working paper to emerge from the Young Lives project, a 15-year longitudinal study of early childhood in four countries: Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. Like all BvLF publications, it is free to download or order.

Combining qualitative research with data from tracking 1950 children born in Andhra Pradesh in 2001, this paper explores the divergence in pre-school and primary services as those offered by the government increasingly compete with a rapidly-growing and poorly-regulated private sector.

Previous working papers in the Young Lives project's Studies in Early Transitions series are Early childhood transitions research: A review of concepts, theory, and practice (Working Paper 48, by Pia Vogler, Gina Crivello and Martin Woodhead); Equity and quality? Challenges for early childhood and primary education in Ethiopia, India and Peru (Working Paper 55, by Martin Woodhead, Patricia Ames, Uma Vennam, Workneh Abebe and Natalia Streuli); and Continuity and respect for diversity: Strengthening early transitions in Peru (Working Paper 56, by Patricia Ames, Vanessa Rojas and Tamia Portugal).