The Notion of Quality in DPEP Pedagogical Interventions

Abstract

The District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) has worked in 18 states in India with the agenda to enhance the quality of classroom interaction and the teaching-learning materials used. This paper examines how ‘quality’ is understood within DPEP, and the educational principles that guide DPEP efforts and training methods, based on reports of training workshops, examining textbooks and materials and first-hand field experience. A proposal is made for an alternative way of looking at ‘quality’ and efforts to realise it.