About the Book
Right to Education and Schooling explores critical thinking around the Right to Education Act (RTE) in its different facets ranging from its historical antecedents to the contemporary times. The various provisions of the Act have been discussed, apart from its implementation and effectiveness. The book broadens the horizon around the Act, and draws from a range of empirical studies which will help in improving good practice for practitioners and researchers.
Contents
1. A Glance at the Centenary Debate / Nirmala Shah
2. Access and Equity in Elementary Education in India / Madhumita Bandyopadhyay
3. Right to Education: A Delusional RightWhere Knowledge is Not Free / Deepsikha Mishra and Abhishek Naik
4. Contested Curricula / Chandra Lekha Singh
5. Implementation of RTE Act 2009
/ Isha Khurana and A.K. Sharma
6. Teacher Eligibility Test and Teachers Quality / Neelam Dalal
7. Education as a Fundamental Right for Economically Weaker Section / Mamta
8. Corporal Punishment, Policy, Law / Deepa Idnani
9. Application of Principal-Agent Theory to School Management System / Jayanti Kumari
10. Far from Realities of Life / Sajjad Ahmad
11. Teaching of Social Sciences / Mahima Kaur
12. Learning in an Alternative School in Karnataka
/ Sundaresha D.S.
13. Silent Exclusion in School a Threat to RTE / Pankaj Das
14. Perspectives on Education and Globalization: Policy and Implications / Bhawana Arora
About the Author / Editor
Deepa Idnani is Assistant Professor at the Department of Education, Shyama Prasad Mukherji College, University of Delhi, India. She is a Commonwealth Scholar at the UCL-Institute of Education, London, UK.
