Focus group discussions
MP
Findings from MP and UP are aggregated in At least 33% reported they had taken up issues of teacher presence and learning with those responsible for service delivery in schools (More than 60% of focus group participants reported using the learning assessment booklet to assess learning levels and after assessing, about one-fourth raised it as an issue with a service provider. About 82% percent raised it with a teacher, 17% with the school committee chair and none with other council members. More than 75% went with others rather than alone to talk to this person.When asked why bigger changes did not occur in learning or teacher effort, prominent themes mentioned in the responses were “teacher is dominating,” “it is difficult to talk to the teacher,” “teacher does not listen,” and “teacher does not care.” Among low caste groups, “people are afraid to talk to the teacher” was also mentioned. When asked how the information campaign can be made more effective, the dominant response (73%) was to have more frequent meetings to disseminate information.