ASER Centre’s Research Unit develops and implements research projects that delve into various aspects of children’s educational trajectories. These projects aim to unpack and explain participation and outcomes at various stages, ranging from pre-primary school for young children to vocational training for older adolescents. The unit has undertaken various projects independently and in collaboration with other organisations.
This study examines the availability, use and perceived value of libraries in government elementary schools in rural India, in the context of policy mandates in
2026-2027
This mixed-methods longitudinal study examines how young children move through the foundational stage of education in three states implementing different instit
2026-2030
This study was undertaken to generate constituency-level evidence on schooling patterns, learning outcomes, and digital skills in Haryana’s Parliamentary Consti
2025-2026
As part of a project supported by the What Works Hub for Global Education (WWHGE) at the University of Oxford, ASER Centre developed two tools to understand how
2024-2026
In April 2024, ASER Centre facilitated a baseline assessment to understand the foundational learning levels of students at Salma Public School (SPS) in Baghpat
2024-2025
The ‘Voices front the Ground’ (Voices) initiative from the Life Skills Collaborative was designed to explore what young people and those closest to them…
2021-2023
ASER Health Report summarises our work over the last few years in extending the ASER approach to the health and nutrition sector. ASER Health aims to provide…
2021
This report, a complement to the ASER 2020 report, looks at the ASER 2020 data from an equity lens. While some sections and tables have been repeated from…
2020
This mixed methods research is funded by the UK Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF NGO Secondary Data Analysis 2019) is a collaborative project between…
2019-2021
This study is an in-depth exploration of the educational and work aspirations, transitions and trajectories among India’s youth in the age group 16-25, with…
2019-2020
Designed and implemented by ASER Centre in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, ‘Accountability from the grassroots’ is a mixed-methods…
2018-2023
The evaluation of the first phase (see Early Childhood Development: Impacting at Scale) was completed through a Cluster Randomised Control Trial across…
2018
