Education and development in India : critical issues in public policy and development /
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| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Preface; Original Sources and Acknowledgements to the Publishers; About the Book; Contents; About the Author; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; Part I Politico-Economy of Education; Chapter 1 Economics of Human Capital in India; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Economics of Education; 1.3 Economics of Indian Education; 1.4 Some Stylized Facts; 1.5 Weaknesses of Economics of Education; 1.6 Concluding Observations; References; Chapter 2 The Political Economy of Education in India; 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 An Overview of Educational Development in India: The Colonial Heritage and the Postcolonial Developments2.2.1 'An Educational Explosion'; 2.2.2 The Conspicuous Failures; 2.2.3 Expansion of Higher Education; 2.2.4 Growing Inequalities; 2.3 Political Economy of Investment in Education; 2.3.1 Allocation of Resources to Education; 2.3.2 Intra-sectoral Allocation of Resources; 2.3.3 The Bias in Favour of Higher Education; 2.4 The Private Sector in Education; 2.5 Towards a Pragmatic Approach to Financing of Education; 2.5.1 Fees in Indian Education; 2.5.2 Discriminatory Fees
- 2.6 Summary and ConclusionsAppendix; References; Part II Quality, Equity and Diversity in Education; Chapter 3 Education Poverty in India; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Education and Poverty in South Asia; 3.3 Education and Poverty in India; 3.4 Educational Deprivation; 3.5 Imperative of Educational Improvement; 3.5.1 State Efforts: Recent Experiments, Programmes and Projects; 3.5.2 Externally Aided Projects in Education; 3.5.3 Role of NGOs in Education in India; 3.6 Summary and Conclusions; Appendix; References; Chapter 4 What Matters for Outcomes in Elementary Education in India?
- 4.1 Elementary Education and Development4.2 Spectacular Growth and Conspicuous Failures in Elementary Education; 4.3 Why Do Children Not Go to Schools and/or Drop Out of Schools?; 4.4 What Matters for Educational Outcomes? Why Do Some States Perform Better Than Others?; 4.5 Access, Infrastructure and Teachers in Elementary Schools: The Current Status; 4.6 Summary, Conclusions and Policy Implications; Appendix; References; Chapter 5 Vocational Education and Training in Asia; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Why and Why Not VET?; 5.3 Achievements and Failures; 5.4 Why Uneven Progress?
- 5.5 Where Do We Go from Here?References; Chapter 6 Inclusive Growth and Education; 6.1 Elementary Education; 6.2 Secondary Education; 6.3 Vocational and Technical Education; 6.4 Higher Education; 6.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7 Equitable Access to Education and Privatisation of Higher Education; Part III Financing Education; Chapter 8 The Kothari Commission and Financing of Education; 8.1 Allocation to Education: Six Percent of GNP; 8.2 Allocation to Different Levels of Education; 8.3 Inter-Functional Allocation: Items of Priority; 8.3.1 Scholarships