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Primary education aims to transmit aspects of human experience to the as yet uninitiated, and so involves an introduction to modes of behaviour which certainly include modes of thinking and feeling relevant to our common life. Although many impressive achievements have been made in Primary education since independence but a closer analysis reveals that situation is still gloomy and very far from satisfactory. More than half of our population is still illiterate. ...
Education is the most critical input into the entire processes of social, economic, political and cultural transformations. The underlying problems of planning our education service are profound . How far can the need to evaluate such a costly enterprise be reconciled with its essential freedom? How can we reconcile democracy with efficiency? How realistic is planning when applied to education? Within the education system, what should be the priority according to ...
India’s economic plans are a conscious effort to galvanize all the forces working in the society so as to foster social as well as individual development. When India became free in front of her. She was steeped in mass unemployment and under development, an illiterate and untrained labour forces. Her problems required a big national effort in economic front. The present book tries to examine all these points in detail.
Child-marriage is another 'blessing' of the medieval age and it was born from the same compulsions that; perpetuated sati. Child-marriage was not prevalent in ancient India. Svayam-vara can be translated as self selection of one's husband, svayam = self, vara = husband. Various types of marriages were prevalent in ancient India Gandharva vivaha (love marriage), Asura vivaha (marriage by abduction) etc. But among these bal-vivaha is conspicuous in its absence. Out ...
The present book will help broadcasters, advertising management software vendors and infrastructure providers quickly develop media and content –management applications that cut costs and increase sales. Simplify and automate steps of on-demand delivery management of digital assets, including automating provisioning, digital rights pre-processing and access management. Exploit demographic data and subscriber preferences with personalized programming and ...
One of the defining movements of the 20 century has been the relentless struggle for gender equality, led mostly by women, but supported by growing numbers of men. When this struggle finally succeeds-as it must-it will mark a great milestone in human progress, and along the way it will change most of today's promises for social, economic and political life. The book highlights all these aspects.
The economic development has been one of the ideals and aspirations of all human societies. It has an inherent functional values in raising the socio-economic standard and the life style of the citizens as it aims to provide basic needs to all, particularly the deprived sections of the society. In an unplanned society, various types of forces operate. It is not necessary that all the forces are progressive while others are retrogressive. Progressive forces aim at ...
The Economic Development and its idea has sunk deep in people’s minds as have the concepts of democracy, socialism and secularism, while the project of development, backed by powerful global, rational and local interests, has produced a growing divide between the elites and the people. It has also affected the intellectual community as well and there has developed a ranging debate on what should constitute the agenda of development. It is this phenomena in its ...
The basic aim of any economic planning is to rapid economic development through the development of various sectors viz, agriculture, industries, power sector, transport and communication and other sectors of economic growth. Through this the countries aim to increase national and per capita income, remove poverty and misery and raise the standard of living conditions of the general people. This book has been designed to highlight the economic aspects of economic ...
The book examines the problem of trafficking of children for the purpose of Commercial Sexual Exploitation (hereafter referred to as CSE) and describes the framework within which this exploitation takes place. Additionally, it features a brief review of the various rescue and rehabilitation initiatives by the Government as well as Non-Governmental sectors. This chapter also contains a review of various national and international policies as well as laws of the ...