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Author Harinath, Silveru

Title Dalit women and dropout rates in collegiate education : a study of the Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh / by Silveru Harinath
Published Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 90 pages)
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Review of Literature -- 3. Collegiate Education and the Socio-Economic Profile of Dalit Women in Palakurty Mandal -- 4. Dalit Women in Collegiate Education: Forms of Exclusion and Patterns of Discrimination -- 5. Conclusion
Summary Caste is an inescapable aspect in terms of education in the Indian state, as it is in many other aspects of public life. Education standards have changed throughout the course of Indian history, but the subjugated Dalits, and particularly female children belonging to this caste, still face the hurdles of caste discrimination in society and in the education sector in particular. Despite introducing state education policies, the scale and size of these policies have not resulted in an increase ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-86)
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Subject Dalit women -- Education (Higher) -- India -- Andhra Pradesh -- History -- 20th century
Dalit women -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
Dalit women -- India -- Andhra Pradesh -- Social conditions
Exclusions -- dropping out of school.
Educational: Citizenship & social education.
Gender studies, gender groups.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General.
Dalit women -- Social conditions
Dalit women
India -- Andhra Pradesh
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443867108
1443867101