Decentralizing Education

If politics is essentially about power, then in democracy power would definitely mean power to the people. The implication of the passage of 73rd Amendment Act, 1993 generally endorses to such an idea. The particular Act inspired and laid down a one more tier to the existing federal set-up of the Country. The writing of the book was prompted by such an historical development in the country. The book contains an empirical investigation intro the rural areas of Orissa, which essentially focuses community efforts and the role of Panchayati Raj Institutions towards a successful accomplishment of the primary education. Whether village community finds its space to involve itself so as to address to common problem i.e. primary education, whether Panchayati Raj Institutions are now empowered in true sense of the term to assume some responsibility to deal with the problems of primary education in the local areas, are some of the pertinent questions the book tries to grapple with. Essentially, the book moves from a general to particular and a theoretical to practical one. Generally the book focuses on the status and problems of primary education of the country at the first instance and then moves on to particular state of Orrisa and within this to the district of Kalahandi and block Kalampur i.e. a particular. Theoretically, the book captures the policies/provisions/ programmes on primary education and their practical implementation/ refle3ction on the ground.