This book attempts to provide a glimpse of how this is done and what issues Indian education system confronts on a daily basis or over a long period, and what are the colonial hangovers India struggles to grapple with. All important aspects of the education system in India have been mentioned and discussed not just as an information but as a facilitation to improve the education impartment in the classroom. It is said that ‘the mental health of a nation is shaped in classrooms.’ This is a book meant for those who work mainly with the classrooms.
Features:
- This book attempts to provide a fresh insight into the recommendations of some of these temporary bodies which shaped today’s Indian education structure.
- The book discusses some of those elements which have a direct bearing on the educational system and are still used, work as a hangover in education system.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Education in India at 1947
Chapter 2. Committees and Commissions and Educational Development
Chapter 3. Educational Thinkers and Modern Indian Education
Chapter 4. Educating India Through Constitution
Chapter 5. Understanding Social Diversity and Its Implications for Education
Chapter 6. Resourcing Indian Education
Chapter 7. The Institutional Structures of Indian Education
Chapter 8. Indicators of Educational Development
Chapter 9. Milestones of Indian Education System
Chapter 10. Indian Education System: Issues and Future Directions
About the Author
M.V. Srinivasan, Associate Professor, Department of Education in Social Sciences, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi
