01507cam a22002055i 4500 38034 38034 9789353887421 eng- 370.954 EDU- Education in India : policy and practice / Edited by Jandhyala B.G. Tilak. Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2021. 398p. Includes bibliographical references and index. "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"-- English. India. Education and state. Education. Tilak, Jandhyala B.G. editor. ddc BK 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2023-03-16 Overseas 0.00 1 370.954 EDU- 52926 2024-09-30 00:00:00 2024-08-16 0.00 2023-06-01 BK