TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alam, Mohd. Sanjeer
TI  - Religion, Community and Education  : : The Case of Rural Bihar
SN  - 9780198076940
U1  - 379.260954123 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Education
KW  - Educational equalization
KW  - Literacy
KW  - Bihar
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Hindus
KW  - Muslims
N1  - Included Bibliography and Index
N2  - Religion-based educational disparities, especially relative educational backwardness amongst the Muslims in India, are the focus of serious debate. The 2006 Sachar Committee Report rekindled public interest and attention in this important issue. Yet, considerable gaps exist in our understanding of the dynamics of religion and access to education. In Religion, Community, and Education, Alam uses a spatial approach and multi-layered analytical framework to understand educational disparities in schooling between the Hindus and Muslims in Bihar. The study draws upon national-level data as well as focused fieldwork carried out in Bihar’s Patna and Purnia districts. This book highlights the larger historical trajectories that have shaped educational development as well as the forms of disparities therein vis-à-vis the minorities in India. It contends that the relative educational backwardness of the Muslims reflects underlying socio-economic patterns that are often overlooked. Thus, the Muslims should not be seen merely as homogeneous socio-cultural aggregates
ER  -