This collection examines the fundamental right to education in India through thirty scholarly essays and policy analyses. The work critically evaluates the Right to Education Act, National Education Policy developments, and constitutional provisions for equitable education.
This collection examines the fundamental right to education in India through thirty scholarly essays and policy analyses. The work critically evaluates the Right to Education Act, National Education Policy developments, and constitutional provisions for equitable education. Contributors analyze textbook controversies, privatization impacts, and implementation challenges affecting disadvantaged children. The volume also includes:
- Comprehensive analysis of the Right to Education Act and its implementation challenges in India
- Critical examination of National Education Policy developments and their constitutional implications
- Expert perspectives on educational privatization and its impact on equitable access to education
- Detailed discussion of textbook controversies and educational policy debates in Karnataka
- Constitutional framework analysis for establishing common school systems in India
With forewords by Muchkund Dubey and G. Ramakrishna, this book addresses contemporary debates surrounding educational rights and policy implementation in India.
This title has been co-published with Aakar Books. T&F does not sell or distrubute the print versions in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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This book is remarkable for its pithy remarks in the form of aphorisms and axioms on the current issues of school education.
On the whole, this book stands out as one of the most valuable and brilliant additions to the current literature on school education in India.
-Muchkund Dubey, Diplomat and Foreign Secretary, India
Preface
Foreword
Dr. Niranjanaradhya's Musings on the Right to Education
The Revision of School Textbooks in Karnataka Must Cause Alarm
We are Only Changing What was False in Textbooks vs Changes Should Not be to
Promote Political Ideology
Interview | Karnataka Government Taking Sides in Hijab Row, Muslim Girls May
Become Targets: Expert
Restore the Rights of Children
RTE Act Weakened by Lack of Will
The Draft Report to Evolve a National Education Policy Lacks Perspective to
Build an Egalitarian Society Based on the Constitutional Values
The Draft National Education Policy Lacks Public Good Perspective of
Education
The RTE Amendment Act, 2019: A Monument of Governmental Failure?
Community Participation: Founding Stone of Universalisation of Quality
Education in the Neighbourhood
National Education Policy: Far-Sighted Vision Needed
Education Still Eludes the Disadvantaged
Common Schooling Can Ensure Equality
Don't Review 'No-Detention' Policy
Queries and Replies Found Wanting
New Education Policy: Opening the System to the Market?
Fee Fixation Against the Larger Social Good
The Right to Education, Constitution and the Common School System in India
Denying Education by Privatisation
Saffronisation Plan Violates National Curriculum Framework
Misusing the 'Minority' Clause in the Right to Education Act
Government Apathy Ensures That Right to Education Remains on Paper
Constitution is Above the Gita
People's Constitutional Right to Education Versus the Right of Children to
Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009
Still Born Legislation!
Flaws in the Right to the Education Bill
Equitable Quality Education is Every Child's Birthright
Towards a Comprehensive Education Policy
Children Need Space for Interaction
Maximum Autonomy Will Be the Best Option
A Multi-Pronged Approach Vital
Niranjanaradhya VP has PhD in Education and is well known as a Development Educationist and Mentor of School Development and Monitoring Committees (SDMC) in Karnataka. He is known for his outstanding contribution to strengthen public education by strengthening government schools in the nation through which he aims to build a Common School System based on the neighbourhood school principle, to ensure equitable quality education to all children. He has extensively researched, taught, networked, lobbied and advocated on issues related to school education, especially on the nuances of making government schools functional to deliver equitable quality education through the participatory research process.
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