Ever since independence, education for all has been one of the major concerns of the Indian Government. Even though the education scenario in India in the past few decades has been characterised by massive quantitative expansion at all levels, it is still faced with a staggering backlog of high illiteracy rate of over 34.62 per cent in 2001. Notwithstanding the enormous expansion of adult, non-formal and elementary education in India, the problem of illiteracy has been lingering on. It is both colossal and complex given the size of the country, its huge population, wide regional and gender disparities, economic and other cultural factors such as poverty, communalism, casteism, etc. Concerted efforts have, therefore, to be made to wipe off illiteracy in the shortest possible time if the country has to take rapid strides in its socio-economic development. This book is an authentic veritable mine of information on diverse aspects of education scenario of the country. This will certainly prove an asset and reference tool to scholars, authors, students, officials, journalists, academicians and all concerned.
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