Management Of Secondary Education In India

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Infrastructural provisions: size and nature. 3. Internal efficiency of secondary education. 4. Private tuition at secondary level: trends and troubles. 5. Planning and management of textbooks and public examination. 6. Administration and management of the secondary education. 7. Management of teachers. Index.

Access to schooling is a pre-condition for educational progress but not a sufficient condition. Adequate infrastructure facilities and effective management are equally important to translate the efforts into educational progress. The book examines availability of infrastructure facilities for secondary schools, besides looking at extent of transition, drop-outs and retention. It also examines performance of students in public examinations and the extent and nature of private tuition. A range of management aspects of secondary education including administrative structures, inspection and supervision, planning and management of curriculum and textbooks, and teacher management are elucidated.

One of the unique features of the book is the critical analysis of secondary education management from the all India level to that of the case study schools providing a comparative picture of different states with a focus on four sample states i.e., Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh which are at varying levels of educational and economic development. The book should be of considerable interest to all having interest in issues relating to management of secondary education, policy planners, researchers and students of education.