| Description |
1 online resource (367 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; The Elementary Education System in India; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Boxes; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 State Education Policy and Institutions; 3 Public Expenditure in Education in Two Educationally Backward States; 4 Glimpses from the Villages and Schools; 5 The Internal Dynamic; 6 Teaching and Learning-The Practices; 7 Systemic Issues Framing Equity; 8 Implications for the Future; Bibliography and References; About the Editors; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
This book focuses on the failure of elementary education since Independence, which is usually seen as the result of simplified phrases like 'lack of political will', 'because of poverty', etc. This book looks at the system as a whole: infrastructure, quality of teaching, privatisation, nutritional incentives, curriculum. It contains samples from two states namely Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Education and state -- India
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Education, Primary -- India
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Education and state
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Education, Primary
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ramachandran, Vimala
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| ISBN |
9780203151532 |
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0203151534 |
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1280660937 |
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9781280660931 |
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