Policy impacts on qualitative and quantitative aspects of Indian education : special emphasis on Punjab / Jatinder S. Bedi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bedi, Jatinder S., author.

Series:

India studies in business and economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--India--Punjab.

Education.

Literacy.

India--Punjab.

Education--India.

India.

Literacy--India--Punjab.

Literacy--India.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 252 pages).

Place of Publication:

Gateway East, Singapore: Springer, [2018]

Summary:

The book focuses on the state of education and on the levels of inequality among gender, rural-urban and social groups. Taking into account the various findings from existing literature on the qualitative and quantitative aspects of education, it uses empirical findings based on a revised methodology to draw new conclusions. This revised method was devised to define the size of population eligible for enrollment and was then employed to estimate the Gross Enrollment Rate (GER) and Gross Literacy Rate (GLR) at various completed education levels, using age-wise data from the Population Census, 2011. This methodology is based on the concept that among those eligible for enrollment/literacy, a few never get chance to enrol and others achieve various levels of literacy by remaining engaged in formal or informal education up to various ages. The book comes up with findings that have deep significance so far as policy making is concerned towards improving the state of education in India. There are fourteen hypotheses that the book proposes based on the study and each hypothesis is accompanied with policy suggestions. Interestingly, one of the hypotheses is that arbitrariness of government policies creates more problems and, as such, before proposing a policy change the government needs to put in more effort and time in planning and come up with carefully chalked out processes. In addition to being a valuable resource for researchers working in this area, the book has huge policy implications and think tanks working towards improving education in India.

Contents:

1. Introduction and overview

2. Education-related policies and review of literature

3. Evolution of Indian education with special reference to Punjab

4. Reworking the estimates of enrolment and literacy rates

5. State of Punjab education : analysis based on DISE data

6. Punjab state education profile : SLAS, 2015-16 survey design for 5th-class

7. Education in Punjab : analysis based on 5th-class SLAS, 2015 data

8. Focused group discussion with students, parents and teachers

9. Main findings and conclusions.

ISBN:

9811314918

9789811314919

OCLC:

1039613544