Screen LibraryInside Indian schools : the enigma of equity and quality /
"After 70 years after independence, the tragic reality of Indian schools is that who we are, where we live, how much we earn and our gender influences the kind of education we will get. In this collection of essays the author explores the contours of a school system that is facing a crisis of l...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"After 70 years after independence, the tragic reality of Indian schools is that who we are, where we live, how much we earn and our gender influences the kind of education we will get. In this collection of essays the author explores the contours of a school system that is facing a crisis of legitimacy. While India aspires to march towards a knowledge driven society and economy, millions of young people are left behind. Those who can afford march out of government schools only to realize that the private schools are no better. The schools they attend leaves them with little knowledge or ski |
| Carrier Form: | xx, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-265) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138590830 1138590835 9780429956003 0429956002 9780429955983 0429955987 |
| Index Number: | LA1151 |
| CLC: | G535.1 |
| Call Number: | G535.1/R165 |
| Contents: | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Acronyms; Preface and Acknowledgements; Part I The Big Picture; 1. Introduction; 2. Equity and Quality: Two Sides of the Same Coin; 3. The Narrative Emerging from Different Data Sources; 4. The Cumulative Burden of Exclusion of Tribal Communities; 5. The Intermeshing of Gender and Equity in Education; Part II Behind the Smokescreen of Data; 6. Segregated Schools in an Unequal Society; 7. What Facilitates Successful Primary School Completion? 8. What it Means to be a Dalit or |