Schooled for the future? : educational policy and everyday life among urban squatters in Nepal /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Valentin, Karen
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Greenwich, Conn. : IAP-Information Age Pub., [2005]
Series:	Education policy in practice.
Subjects:	Education and state > Nepal > Kathmandu. Education > Social aspects > Nepal > Kathmandu. Poor > Nepal > Kathmandu.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Introduction: a policy perspective on the paradox of schooling
Exploring Ramaghat : social differentiation in the context of urban squatting
Education and nation building in Nepal : an historical perspective
Dealing with diversity and hierarchy : schooling and social exclusion
Dreams and realities : the struggle for a better life
"We want education" : children's rights and the appropriation of egalitarian ideas
The "schooled person" : negotiating caste and generation
Conclusion : education policy and the paradoxes of school social exclusion.