Universal Secondary Education in India: Issues, Challenges and Prospects [1st ed.] 9789811553653, 9789811553660

This book offers a cutting-edge contribution on the importance of secondary education and assesses the strengths and wea

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Table of contents :
Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi
Universal Secondary Education in India: An Introductory Overview of Issues, Challenges and Prospects (Jandhyala B. G. Tilak)....Pages 1-14
Front Matter ....Pages 15-15
Status of Secondary Education in India: A Review of Status, Challenges and Policy Issues (Madhumita Bandyopadhyay, Sunita Chugh)....Pages 17-49
Push-Out, not Drop-Out: Youth and Secondary Schooling in India (Manabi Majumdar, Sangram Mukherjee)....Pages 51-70
Secondary Education in Maharashtra: Issues of Concern (Anuradha De, Meera Samson)....Pages 71-98
Front Matter ....Pages 99-99
Changing Public–Private Mix in School Education and Its Implications for Policy (Achin Chakraborty)....Pages 101-112
Expanding Education Market and Parental Choice for Secondary Schools in India: Evidence from IHDS Data (Pradeep Kumar Choudhury)....Pages 113-135
The Power Game: A Case Study of a Private School in Odisha (Amrita Sastry)....Pages 137-150
Regional Diversity, School Leadership and Quality of Education in North-Eastern States (N. Mythili)....Pages 151-204
Universal Secondary Education in India—Access, Equity and Social Justice (C. Sheela Reddy)....Pages 205-218
Front Matter ....Pages 219-219
Tracking the Progress of a Child from Enrolment to Completion of Secondary Education in India (Deepak Kumar)....Pages 221-243
Socio-Economic Determinants of Secondary Education in India (Susmita Mitra)....Pages 245-262
Who Completes Secondary Education in India? Examining Role of Individual and Household Characteristics (Nivedita Sarkar)....Pages 263-277
Universal Secondary Education in the Telugu-Speaking States: Prospects and Challenges (P. Prudhvikar Reddy, V. Nagi Reddy, D. Sree Rama Raju)....Pages 279-297
Front Matter ....Pages 299-299
Elusive Vocational Education Programme: An Analysis of Trends in Indian Secondary Schools (Mona Sedwal)....Pages 301-322
Missing Middle of Educated Unemployable: A Critical Perspective on Secondary Education in India (Bornali Bhandari, Charu Jain, Ajaya K. Sahu)....Pages 323-353
Shared Prosperity and Universalisation of Secondary Education (Arup Mitra)....Pages 355-364
Front Matter ....Pages 365-365
Public Provisioning for Secondary Education in India: A Situation Assessment (Praveen Jha, Satadru Sikdar)....Pages 367-393
Declining Public Funding and Increasing Private Expenditure in Neo-Liberal Regime: Challenges Ahead for Universalisation of Secondary Education (Narender Thakur)....Pages 395-408
Financing and Management of Secondary Education in Uttar Pradesh (Mohd. Muzammil)....Pages 409-415
Front Matter ....Pages 417-417
Universalisation of Secondary Education: Questions for Discussion and Debate (Rounaq Jahan)....Pages 419-427
Back Matter ....Pages 429-437

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