Introduction

Academic peers, parents, communities, teachers, teacher educators, educational administrators, all contribute to the learning processes, practices, and their outcomes. Schools in India strive to enable pupils to acquire learning and skills to lead a competent, socially adjusted, and economically productive life. The educational and pedagogic approaches for school education markedly differ from, and vary between, countries like India and of economically developed Western nations. Classrooms are hardly ever one-dimensional and require a host of analytical tools to get to properly analyze the issues being faced by children with varying language proficiencies and different home languages sitting side by side in one classroom. It is hoped that the successful integration of the students from the marginalized communities into the mainstream education system will not benefit only them but also students from the privileged background stand to gain a lot in terms of developing sensitivity towards fellow human beings and learning to appreciate and deal with social diversity.