Drawing on empirical, interdisciplinary research, this book
presents a critical review of some of the major issues that are of
interest to researchers, policymakers and planners in developing as
well as advanced countries, including specifically in India. It
provides an in-depth review of some of the major development policy
issues in education in general, and in India in particular, over
the past 2-3 decades. Besides presenting an overview of the
educational developments in India that reflects issues such as
growth, equity, efficiency, foreign aid, decentralization,
center-state relations, financing, and cost recovery, the book puts
forward in-depth analyses of education poverty, interrelations
between education and poverty, low level of outcomes in elementary
education, effects of structural adjustment policies and approaches
on education, south-south cooperation, etc. It also critically
discusses changes in policies relating to financing higher
education, external assistance for education, and how the growth of
private higher education is affecting society at large. The
dichotomy between public policy and action is also highlighted in
many chapters. On the whole, while the importance of education is
being increasingly recognized, the state does not seem to be as
willing to foot the bill for education as the households and even
the private sector. Occasionally contrasting with international
evidence on, for example, financing higher education, private
higher education, or the effects of neo-liberal policies, the book
offers an interesting read for a wider audience.
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