National Policy on Education : An Overview

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction/Atma Ram. 2. Towards women's equality/K. Pasricha. 3. Education for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes: policies and issues/Kusum K. Premi. 4. Adult education & its changing perspectives/K.D. Sharma & R.S. Mathur. 5. National literacy mission and total literacy campaign/L. Mishra. 6. Quality education for the maximum/Atma Ram. 7. Impact of Navodaya Vidyalayas on rural India/J.N. Sharma. 8. Vocationalisation of education. A critical commentary/K.D. Sharma & S.S. Sangla. 9. Autonomous colleges/R.N. Chowdhuri. 10. National open school--a case study/K.D. Sharma. 11. The Indira Gandhi National Open University vis-a-vis the national policy on education/M.B. Menon & S.K. Panda. 12. Polices on physical education and sports implementation of some evidences and emerging issues/G.P. Gautam. 13. The textbook debate/M. Mascarenhas. 14. The synthesis of science and spirituality through integral education/S. Sampath. 15. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan/Puran Chand. 16. Values for education/R.P. Singh. 17. How to manage education/Atma Ram. Appendix: 1. Report of the committee on the academic calendar in universities and colleges. 2. Minimum programme of examination reforms. A select bibliography. "In India the national debate on education has been quite broad-based, comprehensive and all-embracing. The NEP 1986 (modified in 1922), therefore, provides meaningful perspectives and indicates what largely needs to be done--the objectives are clearly defined and the strategies adequately pinpointed. We now need three things: a clear grasp of various issues in education, downright avoidance of cumbersome treatises along philosophical lines, and a marked emphasis on implementation. National policy on Education : An Overview seeks to fulfil this need. It has seventeen fresh and perceptive articles by reputed experts, educationists and managers of education on various aspects of the policy. Subjects covered include: literacy, drop-outs and stagnation, elementary education, women's education, education for scheduled castes & tribes, Navodaya Vidyalayas, vocational education, autonomous colleges, examination reforms, academic calendar, distance education, physical education and sports, textbooks integral education KVS, values for education, and management of education. The contributors suggest practical approaches and workable strategies to attain the avowed goals. Within the overall frame-work of the policy, they present critical analyses, wherein areas of strength and weaknesses are located, case-studies and micro-planning favoured, integral and holistic viewpoints commended." (jacket). …