Full Description
Education is a catalyst for economic growth, poverty reduction and social change that fulfills the physical, intellectual, social, economic, and emotional needs and conditions. Moreover, higher education is a medium through which social barriers and marginality can be overcome. In this context, the book critically analyses the challenges and possibilities of the marginalized communities—Dalits, minorities, persons with disabilities and women—in gaining greater access to the Indian higher education system. It also examines the importance of affordability, equity, quality and accountability as the main pillars of higher education. In addition, the experiences of marginalization are also addressed, given its sociological and psychological implications. Understanding inaccessibility to education as another form of marginalization that impacts an individual's well-being, Empowering Marginalized Communities in India seeks to examine the potential of higher education to overcome inequality and the urgent need to create a more inclusive and equitable pedagogy.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction - M. J. Vinod and S. Y. Surendra Kumar
PART I Contextualizing Indian Higher Education
State of Higher Education in India - Prakash Desai
Equity and Higher Education Policies in India: Perspectives on National Education Policy 2020 - Chetan Singai
PART II Dalits and Higher Education
Social Advantage and Hermeneutical Injustice in the Realm of Education - Krishnaswamy Dara
Higher Education Status among Scheduled Castes in India - T. Brahmanandam
Caste Discrimination and Exclusion in Higher Education - Areesh Kumar Karamala
PART III Minorities and Higher Education
Muslim's Inclusion in Indian Higher Education: An Analysis - K. M. Ziyauddin
Reaching the Unreachable: Jesuit Worldwide Learning—Higher Education at the Margins - Maxim Dias and Alphonse Pius Fernandes
PART IV Persons with Disabilities and Higher Education
Indian Higher Education and PwD: Issue of Access and Opportunities - S. Y. Surendra Kumar
Right to Higher Education of PwD: Critical Reflections - Sanjay Jain
Assistive Technology in Higher Education - Udaya Kiran. K. T
PART V Women and Higher Education
Locating Women in India's Higher Education - Vagishwari. S. P.
Addressing Gender Parity in Higher Education: Challenges and Concerns - Priyanca Mathur and Roshni Sharma
PART VI Prospects of Indian Higher Education
Marginalized Communities and Higher Education: The Way forward - D. Jeevan Kumar
Index
