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Education and Empowerment in India

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This book explores the critical linkages between education and empowerment of women, marginalized groups and other disadvantaged sections of society. It: Provides an overview of educational policies and practices from India’s independence to the present day, and tracks relevant changes and amendments. Examines a range of issues connected with education such as the Right to Education Act; empowerment and community mobilization; higher education challenges and other emerging topics. Brings together both theoretical postulates and empirical findings.

Author Biography:

Avinash Kumar Singh is currently Professor and Head at the Department of Educational Policy, National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi. He previously served as Associate Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He has been a Government of India National Scholar for Study Abroad awardee and received his PhD (Education) from the University of London and Master of Studies (Social Anthropology) from the University of Oxford. He has consulted for the European Commission, Save the Children (UK) and other international organisations. He specialises in education of the disadvantaged, decentralised educational management, tribal education, policy analysis and programme evaluation.
Release date Australia
December 15th, 2015
Audience
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributor
  • Edited by Avinash Kumar Singh
Illustrations
13 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Pages
430
Dimensions
138x216x24
ISBN-13
9781138960381
Product ID
24042268

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