Rural Education in New Millennium: Still a Far Cry

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Basic education in rural areas today. 3. International challenges of rural education. 4. Educational contemporary challenges of child labour. 5. Tribal education and tribal languages: a new strategy. 6. Effectiveness of various interventions for improving tribal education. 7. Higher education and rural development for women. 8. Social context of elementary education in rural India. Bibliography. Index.

"Since independence to till date, rural education in India has been a far cry, though there has been various deliberate efforts on part of our government to impart education among the rural people on a very substantial basis. The book has been brought into being to scatter light on our very rural education with its negative and positive aspects. It mainly deals with basic education in rural areas today, higher education and rural development for women, school context of elementary education in rural India, international challenges of child labour etc. etc. All the facts have been described in a very lucid way." (jacket)