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 \nPathways through early education in Andhra Pradesh, India  \nBy Natalia Streuli, Uma Vennam and Martin Woodhead  \nstudies in  \nEarly Childhood Transitions  \nAbout the Studies in Early Transitions series  \nThis working paper is part of a series on early transitions from Young Lives, a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. Further information about Young Lives research is available on [the website:](the website: www.younglives.org.uk)[ www.younglives.org.uk](the website: www.younglives.org.uk)  \nAlso in the Series  \nEarly Childhood Transitions Research: A review of concepts, theory and practice, by Pia Vogler, Gina Crivello and Martin Woodhead, Working Paper 48, Studies in Early Childhood Transitions, The Hague, The Netherlands, Bernard van Leer Foundation 2008.  \nEquity and quality? Challenges for early childhood and primary education in Ethiopia, India and Peru, by Martin Woodhead, Patricia Ames, Uma Vennam, Workneh Abebe and Natalia Streuli, Working Paper 55, Studies in Early Childhood Transitions, The Hague, The Netherlands, Bernard van Leer Foundation 2009.  \nContinuity and respect for diversity: Strengthening early transitions in Peru, by Patricia Ames, Vanessa Rojas and Tamia Portugal, Working Paper 56, Studies in Early Childhood Transitions, The Hague, The Netherlands, Bernard van Leer Foundation 2010.  \n.  \nCover photo: © Young Lives / Farhatullah Beig  \nDesign: Valetti, vormgeving en communicatie, The Hague, The Netherlands ([www.valetti.nl](www.valetti.nl))  \nEditing and proofreading: Green Ink ([www.greenink.co.uk](www.greenink.co.uk))  \n58  \nworking papers in  \nEarly Childhood Development Increasing choice or  \ninequality?  \nPathways through early education in Andhra Pradesh, India  \nBy Natalia Streuli, Uma Vennam and Martin Woodhead  \nstudies  \nin  \nEarly Childhood Transitions  \nMay 2011  \nCopyright © 2011 by the Bernard van Leer Foundation, The Netherlands. The Bernard van Leer Foundation encourages fair use – except modifications – of this material. Proper citation is requested. This publication may not be resold for profit.  \nThe views expressed in this publication are those of the author and are not necessarily those of the Bernard van Leer Foundation.  \nAbout the authors  \nNatalia Streuli is a researcher in the Young Lives Qualitative team at the University of Oxford. She completed her PhD atthe University of London focusing on children’s experiences of well-being and poverty in Peru, and the implications of social protection measures. Her interests include childhood poverty and inequalities, children’s access to and perceptions of basic services and related policy issues.  \nUma Vennam is a Professor of Social Work at Sri Padmavathi Women’s University, Tirupati, India. She was trained at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. The focus of her research has been rural poverty, NGOs and rural development, and children in difficult situations (including trafficking) . Uma is currently the Lead Qualitative Researcher (LQR) for Young Lives in Andhra Pradesh, India.  \nMartin Woodhead is Professor of Childhood Studies at The Open University. He has been directing the Young Lives/Bernard van Leer Foundation funded sub-study on early childhood transitions. His thirty-year research career has included a focus on early childhood development, education and care – including policy studies, extensive international work and numerous publications.  \nCitation  \nStreuli, N., Vennam, U., Woodhead, M. (2011) . Increasing choice or inequality? Pathways through early education in Andhra Pradesh, India. Working Paper No. 58, Studies in Early Childhood Transitions. The Hague, The Netherlands:  \nBernard van Leer Foundation  \nISSN 1383-7907  \nISBN 978-90-6195-123-0  \nContents  \nAcronyms v  \nAcknowledgements vii  \nExecutive summary ix  \nIntroduction 1  ","cbCaio1mak2z0pSy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaio1mak2z0pSy","pdf",1468381,"English","# Contents\n## Executive summary\n## Introduction\n## Chapter 1: Early childhood and primary education in India\n## Chapter 2: Studying early childhood transitions in Andhra Pradesh\n## Chapter 3: Pathways into primary education\n## Chapter 4: Choices and challenges in children’s transitions to school\n## Chapter 5: Discussion\n## References\n## Appendix 1 Young Lives communities description","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of this working paper?\",\"answer\":\"The paper investigates whether early education choices lead to greater opportunity or increased inequality in Andhra Pradesh, India.\"},{\"question\":\"Which study provides the evidence for the analysis?\",\"answer\":\"Findings draw on Young Lives, a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty across multiple countries, including India.\"},{\"question\":\"What topics are covered across the chapters?\",\"answer\":\"Chapters address early childhood and primary education in India, how transitions are studied in Andhra Pradesh, pathways into primary school, children’s school-transition choices and challenges, and a discussion of implications.\"}]","Increasing choice or inequality? - Working Paper No. 58 | PDF",1792043083,202]