Focus group discussions (FGDs) and qualitative interviews
MP
One year after the first round of intervention, we conducted FGDs in 10 randomly selected intervention GPs each in MP and UP. Two focus group meetings were held in every GP, one among residents from disadvantaged social classes or low caste (Alongside FGDs, individual school committee members, 32 in UP and 50 in MP, were interviewed in the same GPs on questions posed to the focus groups, and a few additional questions on participation in school oversight. Note that the focus group was not conducted in Karnataka due to reasons of limited resources.