It is an admitted fact that education is the most potent instrument to effect the social, economic and national development. On the occasion of India’s fifty years of Independence, it is worthwhile to take stock of our achievements and limitations in the field of education and explore the emerging perspectives. The book concentrates on crucial areas and elements of education-literacy, education in different stages, campus tensions, teachers’ growth, the examination system, reform consciousness, cost-effectiveness, funds for education, open learning system, private initiative, moral and cultural base, environment education, planning and management, nature and place of English in India, and so on. It examines various elements, and aspects, procedures and processes in the light of historical perspectives and part experience at national and state levels. An outstanding book which discusses in detail free India’s experiences and experiments in education, presenting a perceptive and insightful account of the useful lessons for the future. All long, Dr. Atma Ram follows a pragmatic, down-to-earth approach, suggesting in clear-cut terms what possibly can be done with what there is. A most useful and interesting book for all interested in education in India-planners, managers, policy makers, educationists, teachers, parents, and students of education.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Atma Ram
Dr. Atma Ram, a veteran educationist, academician, administrator, and writers, has to his credit over two dozen books, 300 articles/papers, and 47 Ph.D. / M.Phil. scholar. In 1981, he visited the USA and Britain and made on-the-spot study of variuos aspects of education, literature, and educational administration. Dr. Atma Ram has a life-long experience in education and has worked on several important positions-Education Adviser to Himachal Pradesh Government; Directoro f Education, Himachal Pradesh; Chairman, Examiniation Reforms Committee, HImachal Pradesh University; Eduation Consultant, HImachal Pradesh State Law Commission, etc. He has received the Order of People's National Award (1984), Distinguished Leadership Award 1986 (USA), and the Himachal Pradesh Sahitya Academy Award (1983). Dr. Ram's major publications include: Education for the Poor (1997), Morality in Tess and Other Essays (1996), Education for Development (1995), National Policy on Education: An Overview (1994, 2nd, rev.ed. 1996), Education for the People (1993), Interviews with Indians Writing in English (1992), Indian Poetry and Fiction in English (1991), Higher Education in India (1990), Woman as a Novelist: A Study of Jane Austen (1989), Essays on Indian english Literature (1984), Heroines in Jane Austen (1982), and Perspectives on R.K. Narayan (1981).
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