Puskar R Joshi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4609768 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Puskar R Joshi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Puskar R |
| FAMILY NAME | Joshi |
| SIGNATURE | JOSHI P R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3792-8414 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Home language-based instruction and students’ academic performance
New Constitution in Nepal
When Nepal promulgated a new constitution in 2015, discourse around the 'New Nepal', post-monarchical rule, was powerful; the new constitution was perceived as a landmark text to provide a clear vision for New Nepal's overall development. The poor state of Dalits' human rights and educational realities were widely cited as critical issues requiring attention and expedited intervention during the constitution-writing process. Almost a decade later…
An ethnic advantage
Reducing the standardised test score gap between ethnic minority and majority students remains a global challenge in education. Research on this matter is sparse in Nepal, where ethnic minorities comprise the country’s majority population but experience systemic oppression. We hypothesised that the lack of proportional teacher diversity has contributed to lower outcomes on standardised tests among ethnic minority students in Nepal. We collected d…
The Difference a Female Teacher Makes
Educational outcomes of female students are limited by persistent gender inequalities and the lack of non-patriarchal support structures in schools in Nepal. Role model theory suggests that female teachers provide a range of benefits for female students. We explored if the same-sex teacher as students has nexus with students’ performance in standardized exit examinations among 549 eighth-grade Nepali students to understand the contributions of fe…
The Difference a Female Teacher Makes
Educational outcomes of female students are limited by persistent gender inequalities and the lack of non-patriarchal support structures in schools in Nepal. Role model theory suggests that female teachers provide a range of benefits for female students. We explored if the same-sex teacher as students has nexus with students’ performance in standardized exit examinations among 549 eighth-grade Nepali students to understand the contributions of fe…
An ethnic advantage
Reducing the standardised test score gap between ethnic minority and majority students remains a global challenge in education. Research on this matter is sparse in Nepal, where ethnic minorities comprise the country’s majority population but experience systemic oppression. We hypothesised that the lack of proportional teacher diversity has contributed to lower outcomes on standardised tests among ethnic minority students in Nepal. We collected d…
An ethnic advantage
Reducing the standardised test score gap between ethnic minority and majority students remains a global challenge in education. Research on this matter is sparse in Nepal, where ethnic minorities comprise the country’s majority population but experience systemic oppression. We hypothesised that the lack of proportional teacher diversity has contributed to lower outcomes on standardised tests among ethnic minority students in Nepal. We collected d…
The Difference a Female Teacher Makes
Educational outcomes of female students are limited by persistent gender inequalities and the lack of non-patriarchal support structures in schools in Nepal. Role model theory suggests that female teachers provide a range of benefits for female students. We explored if the same-sex teacher as students has nexus with students’ performance in standardized exit examinations among 549 eighth-grade Nepali students to understand the contributions of fe…
New Constitution in Nepal
When Nepal promulgated a new constitution in 2015, discourse around the 'New Nepal', post-monarchical rule, was powerful; the new constitution was perceived as a landmark text to provide a clear vision for New Nepal's overall development. The poor state of Dalits' human rights and educational realities were widely cited as critical issues requiring attention and expedited intervention during the constitution-writing process. Almost a decade later…
Home language-based instruction and students’ academic performance
Academic achievement (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (2 works) · Nepali (2 works) · Peace and Human Rights Education (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · School Choice and Performance (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Test (biology (2 works)