Full Description
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.
Contents
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
