Teaching of English at Primary Level in 
                   Government Schools  
                                  National Council of Educational 
             EdCIL (India) Ltd. 
                                     Research & Training, 
           Technical Support Group  
                                         New Delhi 
        Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, New Delhi 
                           2012 
       Teaching of English at Primary Level 
               in Government Schools  
                    Synthesis Report 
                          Prepared by: 
                       Dr. Usha Dutta, NCERT 
                             & 
                    Dr. Neeru Bala, TSG - SSA, EdCIL 
                   National Council of Educational 
                      Research & Training, 
                          New Delhi 
                            and 
                       EdCIL (India) Ltd. 
                    Technical Support Group  
                 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, New Delhi 
                              
                           2012 
                                             Research Team
                                          Principal Investigator 
                                                 Prof. Usha Dutta 
                                                State Teams 
                 Uttar Pradesh        Prof. R. J. Sharma, Head, DOL 
                  Chandigarh          Dr. Kirti Kapur, Asst. Professor, DOL 
                     Orissa           Dr. Sandhya Rani Sahoo, Associate Professor, RIE, 
                                      Bhubaneswar 
                                      Mrs. Shatarupa Palit, Asst. Professor, RIE, Bhubaneswar 
                   Nagaland           Prof. A.K. Mishra, NERIE, Shilong 
                                      Dr. Melissa G. Wallang, Asst. Professor, NERIE, Shilong 
             Maharashtra & Gujarat  Prof. Usha Dutta, DOL 
                                      Mrs. Neelima Sharma, Consultant 
                  Tamil Nadu          Dr. Prema Raghavan, Associate Professor RIE, Mysore 
                                      Dr. Shaji Karunabaruan, Asst. Professor, RIE, Mysore 
               Jammu & Kashmir        Dr. Saryug Yadav, Associate Professor, RIE, Ajmer 
                                      Shri Ayushman Goswami, Asst. Professor, RIE, Ajmer 
                   Consultant         Mrs. Neelima Sharma 
               Research Associate     Mr. Alok Sharma 
                                      Miss Khumukcham Sumila Devi 
                                      Miss Ruby Gupta 
              Junior Project Fellows  Mr. Basheer Mohamad 
                                      Mr. K. P. Mussadique 
                                      Miss. Sanghamitra Bhuyan 
                                      Sri Ramnarayan Godara 
                                      Mr. Remmy Lamin 
                                Research Evaluation & Studies Unit, 
                               EdCil’s Technical Support Group, SSA 
                                       Prof ABL Srivastava, Chief Consultant 
                                           Dr. Neeru Bala, Sr. Consultant 
                                          Ms. Nidhi Bali, Executive Asstt.