ABSTRACT
This book explores the critical linkages between education and empowerment of women, marginalized groups and other disadvantaged sections of society. It:
- Provides an overview of educational policies and practices from India’s independence to the present day, and tracks relevant changes and amendments.
- Examines a range of issues connected with education such as the Right to Education Act; empowerment and community mobilization; higher education challenges and other emerging topics.
- Brings together both theoretical postulates and empirical findings.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |19 pages
Introduction
part I|50 pages
Education and empowerment
chapter 3|17 pages
Conscientização, everyday struggle and transformative education
Towards a framework for effective community–education linkage
part II|86 pages
Education of the disadvantaged
part III|92 pages
Educational policies and programmes
chapter 9|20 pages
Policy reform and educational development in a federal context
Reflections on the uneven process of change in Bihar
chapter 10|26 pages
Exploring the legacy of three innovative programmes
Lessons learnt from Lok Jumbish, Shiksha Karmi and Mahila Samakhya
chapter 11|19 pages
Making policies work for education and social empowerment
Reflections on the Shiksha Karmi project in Rajasthan
part IV|69 pages
School education and empowerment
chapter 15|13 pages
Retention of children in schools in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Challenges for RTE
part V|74 pages
Higher education and empowerment
chapter 18|18 pages
Affirmative action and ‘parity of participation' in higher education
Policy perspective and institutional response
