TY - BOOK AU - Kumar, Ravi (Ed.) TI - Crisis of elementary education in India SN - 9780761934998 U1 - 372.954 PY - 2006/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sage KW - Education N1 - Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction : equality, quality and quantity--mapping the challenges before elementary education in India Chapter 2. Child rights to elementary education : national and international provisions Chapter 3. Dilution, distortion and diversion : a post-Jomtien reflection on the education policy Chapter 4. Operationalising the constitutional guarantee of the right to education : issues of resource crunch and state commitment Chapter 5. Marginalisation of the equity agenda Chapter 6. Educate girls, prepare them for life? Chapter 7. Terms of inclusion : dalits and the right to education Chapter 8. Inclusive education in the context of common schools : a question of equity, social justice and school reforms Chapter 9. Educational deprivation of the marginalised : a village study of the Mushar community in Bihar ER -