Consequences of Scaling Merit Based Policies for Teacher Recruitment
This study adopts a mixed-methods research design to investigate teacher recruitment and training systems in Punjab, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), focusing on implementation, effectiveness, equity, and sustainability. The methodology combines quantitative analysis of secondary data with qualitative fieldwork, including key informant interviews (KIIs), focus group discussions (FGDs), and district-level case studies.
Can you hear me now?’:Experimental Evidence on improving education through nonelectoral citizen participation.
This project investigates how citizens in rural Punjab, Pakistan, can hold government representatives accountable to improve public schools. Through a randomized control trial, the project introduces community-based mobilization interventions to create accountability channels between citizens and policy actors to improve public schooling in Pakistan. These interventions vary by: (i) policy actor type – whether citizens […]
Breaking the Silence: ImprovingEducational Access and Technology for Deaf Learners inPakistan
This research aims to enhance communication and learning opportunities for hearing-impaired children across Pakistan by developing a gender-sensitive assistive technology that translates speech into Pakistan Sign Language (PSL). The tool will bridge critical communication gaps and support kindergarten-level education, providing deaf children with essential language skills. By identifying the risk and protective factors influencing access […]
Exploring Teacher Licensing inPakistan: Insights from Sindh and Punjab for Scalable Reforms
This study investigates the impact, implementation, and systemic challenges of teacher licensing policies in Pakistan, with a focus on primary school teachers in Sindh and Punjab. The research aims to assess the impact of teacher licensing on student learning outcomes, explore stakeholder perceptions, and identify systemic barriers to implementing licensing policies. The mixed-methods approach integrates […]
A License to Educate:Understanding Governance,Market, and Outsourcing for Learning and Equity in Punjaband Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Employing a mixed-methods approach, this study investigates factors that enable or constrain the outsourcing of public schools to drive or hinder access and learning of girls and marginalized children in a cost-effective manner and at scale in Punjab and KP. The findings will help the provincial governments for course corrections early on and will also […]
Enhancing Equity andAccountability in Education:Evaluating and Scaling Composite Performance Indicesin Pakistan.
This project evaluates and scales composite education indices in Pakistan, focusing on the District Performance Score (DPS), Intra-District Performance Score (IDPS), School Status Index (SSI), School Improvement Framework (SIF), and District Education Performance Index (DEPI). These indices, pivotal for ranking schools and districts, are designed to facilitate data-driven decision-making and equitable resource allocation. In particular, […]
Understanding ways in whichschool leadership styles shape school cultures and studentoutcomes.
The research investigates school leadership practices from the perspectives of the school principals, students and their parents in selected government secondary schools for boys and girls, which have shown to meet markers of ‘good’ schools. Its overarching objectives are to gain contextually rich understanding of leadership styles in Pakistan, and their impact on school cultures […]
Scaling Impact: Large-ScaleHuman Capital Interventions forLow-Income Children in Punjab
The quasi-experimental study aims at investigating a large-scale, multi-pronged Early Childhood Education programme in public schools spread across 11 districts in South Punjab. The intervention included, among other things, providing ECE training to teachers, providing the schools with ECE caregivers, making available material for teaching and learning, and upgrading ECE classrooms. By comparing the effects […]
The Equity Equation Project:Predictive Modeling of PolicyImpact on School Enrollment
The Teacher e-Transfer Policy inPunjab: A Study of its Impact onAccountability and EducationOutcomes
The research explores how Punjab’s merit based, online teacher transfer system—introduced in 2019 to reduce political interference—affects transparency, accountability, and education outcomes. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, the study analyses large administrative datasets in conjunction with field interviews of teachers, head teachers, and officials across selected districts to triangulate statistical trends with […]