School Education in India : A Holistic View

Contents: Preface. I. Community participation in school education: 1. Functioning of VEC / MTA / PTA and VCWC in the elementary schools of the Dang district/Priti Chaudhari and R.C. Patel. II. Children with special needs: issues and concern: 2. English for disadvantaged students: issues and challenges in school education/M. Doss. 3. Learning induced errors and pupil\'s acquired learning disorders in English and mathematics for normal learners and learners with mental disorders: an overview/A. Ramachary. III. Gender disparities in school education: 4. Gender disparities in school education in Jammu and Kashmir/Kavita Suri. IV. Quality education in India: 5. Bringing reforms and quality in Indian school education system: exploring different alternatives/Ramandeep Kaur. 6. Holistic harmony and quintessence of quality: an appraisal of Indian education system through the ages/Mohammad Shaheer Siddiqui. V. Role of ICT in school education: 7. A framework for planning ICT integration in the constructivist classroom/Rajendra Kumar Nayak. 8. ICT in education/Rajesh K. Dodiya. 9. ICT pedagogy integration for teacher education reforms/M.A. Sudhir and P.S. Sreedevi. 10. Use of ICT in teaching of Hindi language/Rashmi Tyagi and Aruna Tyagi. VI. Education survey: 11. All-India school education survey: an overview/Vishal D. Pajankar. 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 some quality indicators of school education system of India in different sections namely, community participation in school education, children with special needs, gender disparities in school education, quality education in India and the role of ICT in school education. (jacket)