Bharat Survey For EdTech
Bharat Survey for EdTech (BaSE) is a first-of-its-kind, large-scale national survey by Central Square Foundation (CSF). It provides insights into access to and use of technology for teaching and learning among parents, children and teachers from low-income backgrounds in India.
The objective of the survey is to bring out the voice of the end user in Bharat on the state of EdTech in India with the aim to provide critical insights to policymakers, tech innovators, practitioners, researchers and funders in the EdTech ecosystem for informed decision-making on EdTech policy, product design and program implementation.
BaSE 2025 Report
Key Themes
BaSE explores three foundational themes of access to technology, usage of EdTech and user sentiment around EdTech adoption. In order to remain agile and respond to the dynamic and evolving EdTech ecosystem, BaSE, with each iteration, explores additional themes based on context and relevance.
Access to Technology
Explores availability of technology infrastructure, smartphones and the internet, extent and duration of usage of smartphones and reasons for non-availability / non-use of devices
Usage of EdTech
Explores trends around tech tools used for teaching and learning, prevalent use-cases of EdTech, drivers of EdTech use and most valued features
User Sentiment around EdTech Adoption
Explores user sentiment around the education system, engagement with learning and mentoring avenues outside of school, risks perceptions, challenges associated with EdTech use and perceived impact of EdTech on teaching and learning
Survey Coverage
Survey Respondents
In order to represent India’s diversity, the survey is administered across states with varying population sizes, levels of digital penetration and geographical spread. Within the selected states, the survey is administered to children and teachers attending government and affordable private schools.
Demographic Cuts
The survey is administered in both urban and rural settings while ensuring representation along gender, grade and school types to provide insights across relevant demographic groups.
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Design Principles Across Survey Life cycle
Several measures are instituted during the course of survey design and deployment to ensure robustness and credibility of insights.
Survey Development
- Public consultation to strengthen areas of enquiry
- Field testing with real-world respondents to optimise survey questionnaire
Enumerator Training
- Rigorous selection to ensure quality of enumerators
- Field training of enumerators
- Enumerators equipped with clear and easy-to-follow guides
Survey Deployment
- Strong quality control mechanism to monitor sampling and data fidelity
- Strong field oversight by supervisors
Data Analysis
- Weighted analysis to ensure representative insights
- Insights across relevant demographic cuts
