000			01507cam a22002055i 4500
999			_c38034 _d38034
020			_a9789353887421
041			_aeng-
082			_a370.954 _bEDU-
245	0	0	_aEducation in India : _bpolicy and practice / _cEdited by Jandhyala B.G. Tilak.
260			_aLos Angeles : _bSAGE Publications, _c2021.
300			_a398p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Education in India: Policy and Practice presents trends in shifting education policies in independent India and how the State, academia and civil society reacted to the changing priorities during the last 50 years. The 20 chapters, authored by eminent scholars and experts, provide valuable insights into complex policy issues at the grassroots as well as macro levels. The book discusses major challenges and concerns such as growth and inequalities, education of women, quality of higher education and research, and making policy reforms for the transformation of the system in such a way that it helps in broader social transformation. The issues analyzed have also been taken up in the editor's introductions, which provide a perspective on their wider social, political and economic implications in detail. This volume is an important reference tool for grappling with the challenges of the new National Education Policy 2020"--
546			_aEnglish.
650			_aIndia.
650			_aEducation and state.
650			_aEducation.
700	1		_aTilak, Jandhyala B.G. _eeditor.
942			_2ddc _cBK