This book highlights the complexities of gender and social equity in primary education in India. It makes an assessment of the District Primary Education Programme and supplements this with six qualitative micro-studies from different states for a more extensive analysis.
Author(s): Vimala Ramachandran
Edition: 1
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 380
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Boxes......Page 8
Abbreviations and Glossary of Indian Terms......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Section 1: Desk Research......Page 18
1 - Introduction......Page 20
2 - What DPEP and Other Data Sources Reveal......Page 33
3 - Hierarchies of Access......Page 71
4 - Institutional Mechanisms and Strategies......Page 91
5 - Alternative Schools and Education Guarantee Scheme......Page 121
6 - Inside the Classroom: Content Analysis of Classroom Processes Studies in Eight States......Page 144
Section 2: Qualitative Micro Studies......Page 168
7 - An Overview of Micro Studies......Page 170
8 - Long Live the Alphabet!......Page 190
9 - More Unequal than Others: Evidence from Surguja District, Chhattisgarh......Page 236
10 - The Hidden Picture: A Case Study from Hisar District, Haryana......Page 260
11 - Second-Generation Issues in Equity and Education: Learning from Kolar District, Karnataka......Page 284
12 - So Close and Yet So Far: Primary Schooling in Warangal District, Andhra Pradesh......Page 305
13 - The Weft and Warp of Public Education: A Tale of Two Primary Schools, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu......Page 337
References and Select Bibliography......Page 365
About the Editor and Contributors......Page 372
Index......Page 374
