History of Education Policymaking in India, 1947-2016

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This book documents the history of education policymaking in India from 1947 to 2016. It provides a nuanced understanding of policy developments from the inception of the Indian Education Commission (1882) to developments in the field of education during the British era, and consequently the post-independence period. The book is particularly aimed at covering most major developments post 1980s and placing them in the context of existing political, economic, and social developments. It focuses on the systemic changes brought about in the education system as a part of the interconnected global trends of expanding democratisation, rise of private education, globalisation, and the birth of the knowledge economy. A comprehensive study of the organisation of education in our country, this book brings together the role of the state, private actors, central and state governments in furthering educational policy objectives. The book thus develops new insights into the processes and politics of policymaking within the shifting policy environment in India. Halftitle Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface List of Abbreviations 1 The Early Years of Republic 2 The Kothari Saga (1965–85) 3 Making of National Policy on Education, 1986 4 Education Secretary Has No Time for Education 5 Tale of a Committee (Ramamurti Committee) 6 The Mikado and the Shogun (P.V. Narasimha Rao and Arjun Singh) 7 Revision of National Policy on Education, 1986 8 Revision of Programme of Action, 1986 9 The Present Is a Foreign Country (Global Trends) 10 Winds of Change Begin to Blow (Stints of Madhavrao Scindia and S.R. Bommai) 11 The Old Order Changeth, Yielding Place to the New (Murli Manohar Joshi’s Tenure) 12 The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away (Judicial Policymaking) 13 Restoration: The Shogun Reigns Again (Second Stint of Arjun Singh) 14 From Equity to Preferential Equity 15 Reform Impulses in a Bipolar Government 16 The Blitzkrieg That Turned into a Stalemate (Kapil Sibal’s Tenure) 17 The Last Flicker (Pallam Raju’s Stint) 18 The Show Goes On Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author