Vision of Education in India

ISBN-13: 9780367643904 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 296 str.

Muchkund Dubey; Susmita Mitra

Opis

The present volume seeks to review education in India. It revisits the vision of education of some of the Indian leaders, deconstructs some of the seminal documents on education in India and analyses the progress in the implementation of educational programmes and policies.

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Spis treści

PART I: VISION OF EDUCATION
1. Tagore’s Vision of Education and Its Relevance Today 2. Gandhiji’s Ideas on Education and Its Relevance Today 3. Learning the Art of Wholeness: Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy of Education
PART II: DECONSTRUCTING SEMINAL DOCUMENTSON EDUCATION
4. Delors Commission Report (1996) 5. Kothari Commission Report (1964-66) 6. Historical Context of the Kothari Commission Report (1964-66) 7. National Education Policies (1968 and 1986) and the Ramamurti Committee Report (1992) 8. Report of the Common School System Commission, Bihar (2007)
PART III: INEQUALITY IN EDUCATION
9. Inequality and Imbalances in the Education System of India: Insights from NSSO 71st Round 10. Perspectives on Education and Exclusion
PART IV: ROLE OF PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT
11. School Education in India and the Role of Deliberative Activism: The Pratichi Experience
12. Social Movement and Education 13. Comments on the Right to Education Campaign
PART V: IMPACT ON EDUCATION OF GLOBALIZATIONAND NEOLIBERAL ECONOMIC POLICIES
14. The Story of Dismantling of Higher Education in India: The Unfolding Crisis 15. The Commoditization of Education
PART VI: RTE ACT AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION
16. The Policy Crisis in Education 17. RTE Act from the Viewpoint of the Right to Education and Law 18. Pre-School Children and the Education System in India 19. A Teachers’ Movement Perspective