Support To Rural India?s Primary Education System: the STRIPES Trial

Completed

Conditions: Primary education in rural communities
Not Applicable

Registration Number: ISRCTN69951502

Lead Sponsor: Effective Intervention (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 3400

Inclusion Criteria

Village eligibility for the STRIPES trial is restricted as follows:
1. The village must be one of the 464 villages involved in the CHAMPION trial (registered with ISRCTN24104646)
2. The village must have at least one public primary school serving boys and girls operating in the 2007-2008 academic year and which is likely to continue operations during the following two years
3. There must be at least 15 children in standard 2, 3, and 4 in the school present on the day of baseline testing

A child is eligible for inclusion in analysis for the trial if s/he satisfies the following criteria:
1. S/he is resident in an eligible village
2. S/he has been recorded in the enumeration as planning to be enrolled in the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th standard at the government school located in her/his village in the in 2008/9 academic year
3. After the explanation of the trial, her/his parent or guardian does not choose to opt out

Exclusion Criteria

Does not meet inclusion criteria

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Composite maths and language score from a test designed by an external agency. The primary analyses will be by intention to treat, adjusting for baseline test scores and taking account of clustering.<br><br>All primary and secondary outcomes will be assessed during January - March 2010.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Children's individual test scores in maths and language<br>2. Costs of the programme<br><br>All primary and secondary outcomes will be assessed during January - March 2010.