Politics of Education in India : A Perspective from Below

This book studies the state of tribal education in India. India has the single largest tribal population in the world, yet the tribal community remains one of the most economically impoverished and marginalized groups in the country.

The volume:

• Examines the educational status of the tribal population and studies developmental issues such as unemployment, illiteracy, caste discrimination, and inequality faced by the community
• Studies the implementation and execution of welfare schemes, initiatives, and reforms in place to tackle issues faced by tribal students and identifies loopholes in the various centrally sponsored schemes
• Emphasizes the importance of the Right to Education Act and presents policy implications for the educational uplift of India’s very many millions of tribal people

A critical study of the Indian education system, this book will be indispensable to students and researchers of education, education policy, minority studies, indigenous studies, sociology of education, and South Asian studies.

Ramdas Rupavath, Head, Centre for Human Rights, and Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Telangana State, India. His research interests include the Indian political process, democratic theory and practice, tribal development in India, social movements, education and politics in India, and the political party system in India. He has published six books and several research papers.