Current Developments in Indian Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Higher education in India : an introduction. 2. Main players in the higher education system in India. 3. Maintenance of standards in higher education. 4. Indian education an historical overview. 5. Science and technology education in India. 6. Knowledge management and autonomy for higher education. 7. Meeting challenges in higher education and research and development. 8. Innovations in higher education and corporate training. 9. Report of the Committee to advise on renovation and rejuvenation of higher education 2008-09. 10. Education of the differently abled. 11. Teacher education present status and innovations. 12. Childhood education the foundation for development. 13. Non formal education in India context. 14. Challenges in integrating information and communication technology in education. 15. 11th Five Year Plan and school education. 16. Higher and technical education in India current status 17. Financing education in the eleventh plan. 18. Induction of beginning teachers. 19. Secondary education in UK, USA and France. Bibliography. Index.

Higher education in India is one of the most developed in the entire world. The growth of the Indian economy in the recent past and the compulsion to sustain it is also forcing the Indian government to accelerate the process of developing all the branches of the Indian education system. Therefore, it would be very interesting to understand and analyze the various structures aspects and issues of education in India, its past and present condition and future developments. This book Current Developments in Indian Education caters to the need of the students teachers policy makers of education in various institutions of the world. This book aims:

To have an understanding of the types of problems at different levels of education.
To develop an understanding of the new educational policies and its relevance to the present context of the nation.
To be able to know and appreciate the changing trends and practices in the area of education.
To know and understand the various dimensions of the problems and perspective of the higher education and allied areas.

In this book the author has drawn materials and data from various sources such as Government websites other URLs standard works journals Government publications reports etc. the names of which have been duly incorporated in the bibliography. (jacket)