Equity and Education in India : Policy Issues and Challenges

Contents Foreword Preface Introduction 1 Equity and education D Parimala 2 Affirmative action in India the caste and class conflict Kavita A Sharma 3 Education in contemporary India a paradox between equity and equality Gouri Srivastava 4 Out of school children from rural India the negative fallout of child rights during the period of globalisation Y Josephine 5 Mainstreaming the marginalized Manju Narula 6 Equity education for the scheduled caste Dalits Adivasis and religious minorities case study of West Bengal Barnali Biswas 7 Equity and education a close look Girish Choudhary 8 Scheduled caste children in elementary education social equity concerns Mona Sedwal 9 Development and disruption problematizing tribal education in Independent India Ruchira Das 10 Equity in access to higher education in Tamil Nadu a comparative analysis between general and deprived group SCSTA Jegan 11 Educational development of Dalit after Independence a policy perspective Jyotiranjan Sahoo 12 Equitable justice in Nepal Savitree T Gurung 13 Rawlsian perspective on socio political equity and its ramifications on Indian education Josephine A and Sudarsan P 14 The disparities of art in the school curriculum Susmita Lakhyani 15 Thetical and antithetical realities of globalization and equity in education Arbind Kumar Jha 16 Lifelong learning education for a knowledge based society VPJ Sambhavi 17 Inclusive education focus on visually impaired students in higher education Bhama Venkataramani 18 Equity in education a sociological analysis of right to education bill 2008Priya Ranjan Bibliography Index 292 pp.…