Education of the Marginalised : Including the Excluded

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Inclusiveness in the education system: raising voice for the marginalized/Indrajeet Dutta. 2. Educating the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes children: miles to go, yet possible/Kalyani K. 3. Inclusion of third gender: a question of socio-cultural acceptance/Ritu Bakshi. 4. Refugees and education in India/Mallica Mishra. 5. Journey of women education in India: a strategic analysis/Nabanita Deka. 6. Teaching of children with learning disability: a real quest for inclusion within a classroom/Sangeeta Yaduvanshi. 7. Teacher’s competencies for implementing inclusion: a paradigm shift/Anusuya K. Yadav. 8. Teaching strategies for the inclusive classroom/Pallavi Kaul. 9. Successful inclusive education: resolving the problems by the teachers/Haseen Taj and Nandini N. 10. Policies and programmes related to differently abled children/S.T. Rose Pesiya. 11. Affirmative action and educational inclusion of Muslim minorities in Neo-Liberalised economy/Neeti Dutta. 12. Inclusion with equity and access: an approach to educate all/Taruna Malhotra and Pooja. Index.

This book deals with the educational status of the different social groups like scheduled castes and tribes, differently abled children, minorities, women, third gender, refugees etc. who have a long history of educational exclusion. It discusses how educational inclusion have taken place during all these years due to the affirmative actions taken by the government in the form of policies and programmes.

The role and responsibilities of teachers and the strategies adopted by them in the classroom for educational inclusion are in focus. The book provides a reader a synoptic view about educational inclusion of these social groups. It may be found useful by all the stake holders in the subject. (jacket)