In Rajasthan, India teachers in half of the community's schools were asked to have their pictures taken with their children, and this evidence of attendance fed into the compensation of the teacher. The result of this experiment was that teacher absentee rates ________ relative to classrooms in which no cameras were introduced.

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The introduction of cameras and the requirement for teachers to take pictures with their students as evidence of attendance led to a significant reduction in teacher absentee rates, effectively cutting them in half. This approach provided a direct accountability measure that linked teacher presence to their compensation, thereby incentivizing regular attendance.

In Rajasthan, India Teachers in Half of the Community's Schools