Perspectives on Education and Development : Revisiting Education Commission and After
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction/Ved Prakash. I. Perspectives, goals and values: 1. Perspectives on society, education and values: the education commission and after/C. Seshadri. 2. Revisiting the education commission: perspectives, goals and values/M. Anandakrishnan. 3. The education commission\'s perspectives on society, education and development/M.S. Yadav. 4. Education commission and after: a segregated school system/Arjun Dev. II. Equality and social justice: 5. Literacy and elementary education: regional Imbalances and social inequities/R. Govinda. 6. Regional Imbalances in educational development/R.P. Singh. 7. National commitment to education of the Dalits: a critical commentary on the report of the education commission/Padma Velaskar. 8. Inclusion in Indian education policies: revisiting equality in the Kothari Commission Report/Madan Mohan Jha. 9. The education commission\'s vision on inclusive education: beginning of a long journey/Sudesh Mukhopadhyay. 10. Gender and inclusive education at all levels/Anita Ghai. III. Curriculum, pedagogy and knowledge: 11. Deciphering policy discourse on place of work in curriculum/Anil Sadgopal. 12. Teacher education: how far have we traversed the path envisioned by the education commission (1964-66)/M.A. Khader. 13. Teacher education : vision of Kothari Commission and its realisation/Mohd. Akhtar Siddiqui. 14. Teacher education in the eyes of education commissions: time we made incisive decisions/A.K. Sharma. 15. The Kothari Commission and curricular imperatives/Vijaya S. Varma. IV. Planning and Governance: 16. Rethinking educational governance for social transformation/Sharad Chandra Behar. 17. Autonomy, privatization and commercialization in higher education/Madhu Prasad. V. Resources and national economy: 18. The Kothari Commission and financing of education/Jandhyala B.G. Tilak. VI. Education Commission\'s perception of knowledge: 19. Knowledge for national development/Pushpa M. Bhargava. VII. Contemporary concerns and future challenges: 20. Vision of institutionalizing new ideas of the education commission: focus on open and distance learning/Ram Takwale. 21. The vision of institutionalizing new ideas of the education commission: focus on open and distance learning/H.P. Dikshit. 22. Adult education/Hriday Kant Dewan. 23. The challenge before Indian agricultural Universities: impact and relevance of Kothari Commission\'s vision and strategy/Dinesh Abrol and L. Pulamte. Epilogue. Index.
The book attempts to reflect on the basic premises, relevance and impact of recommendations of the Kothari Commission on policy formulation broadly in seven thematic areas: perspectives, goals and values; equality and social justice; curriculum, pedagogy and knowledge; planning and governance; resources and national economy; research and development; and contemporary education development concerns.
This publication should be of considerable interest to all those who are interested in issues relating to development of education in India. (jacket)
