Real development relates to all-round improvement of the self and the refinement of human perceptions. Education is the most vital instrument to achieve this objective. Meaningful education makes for self-development and consequently for the transformation of society as a whole. In the present age of struggle and strife, conflict and confrontation, education for development is the most relevant and necessary issue for contemplation and action for all nations. India, with the additional advantage of her rich cultural heritage, healthy traditions, fresh initiatives, and renewed political will, can play a major role in this task. The book contains original and analytical essays which highlight this hypothesis through an intensive examination of specific motifs, processes and strategies–such as the national policy on education, value education, teacher’s training, honouring teachers, physical education, elementary education, expansion versus consolidation, comprehension and communication skills, higher education, state councils for higher education, and distance education. A very perceptive study based on a life-long experience and deliberations of a top-level educational administrator, educationist and academician.
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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