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India's population of illiterates at the turn of the twenty-first century is larger than its total population in 1947. Unlike any other emerging market economy not only are all children not in school but millions drop out before completing eighth grade. The poor quality of elementary education has kept India's economy and the capabilities of its labour force caged for half a century. This book is based on a survey of seven educationally backward states accounting ...
The study is a social scientist's analysis of selected educational reforms in India which evolved over a long period of time. Four educational reforms have been considered as crucial attempts to change the educational scene and through it the nation's efforts for socio-economic transformation. These reforms are--universal primary education, basic education, multipurpose school and protective discrimination. These reforms have implications for the purpose of ...
The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, has designated the Centre for Multi-disciplinary Development Research (CMDR), Dharwad as National Educational Data Bank. CMDR took this assignment as a challenge and has made concerted efforts to compile the quantitative and qualitative information relating to Elementary Education as first step, which was published in the year 2003. The present volume is devoted to Higher Education. We have made ...