Indian School Education System : A Holistic View

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Early childhood care and education: 1. Early childhood care and education in India: some concerns/Satya Bhushan. 2. Quality dimensions in early childhood care and education ECCE/P.D. Subhash and Padma Yadav. II. Universalisation of elementary education in the India: challenges and policy perspectives: 3. Right to education: the challenges ahead/Pradeep Kumar, Pritam Singh and Sugandha Azad. 4. Universalisation of elementary education: challenges and policy perspectives/Madhuri Hooda and Geeta Prabha. 5. Age specific school enrolment in elementary level education and frequency distribution thereof in India: an analytical overview/Virendra Pratap Singh. 6. Universalisation of elementary education: an analysis of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan SSA and mid day meal MDM Schemes in Assam/Anupam Thakuria and Hridayananda Das. 7. Challenges of teacher management policies and practices at elementary level in India/Sudhansu Sekhar Patra. 8. Elementary school education of girls in India a: some issues and concerns/Vishal D. Pajankar and Hemant Kumar. III. Secondary education: issues and concerns: 9. Secondary teachers in rural areas: issues and concerns/Jyotsna A. Amin and R.C. Patel. Index.

This book is an attempt to understand the situation of school education system in the country through the views of the eminent educationists researchers and scholars. The book highlighted the issues of three important stages of school system in the country in different sections namely early childhood care and education ECCE in section I, elementary education in section II and secondary education: issues and concerns in section III.