1st Edition

Driving the Change Towards Sustainable Development Goal of Education

Edited By Anjana Mangalagiri Copyright 2025
292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

A Royal Rescript issued in 1817 by Rani Gouri Parvati Bayi, queen of Travancore (Kerala), proclaimed that the state would defray the entire cost of education. She envisioned that only free and universal education would enable her state to overcome backwardness and empower its people to contribute to the state’s advancement. To uphold the continued relevance of that spirit, the Institute of Social... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Foreword by George Mathew

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Governance of Public Policy in Education

1.1 Sub-nationalism and Lessons in Good Governance in Kerala

Prerna Singh

1.2 Governance, Coordination, and Partnerships in Achieving Early Childhood Development

Sheldon Shaeffer

2. The Right to Education: Equity and Quality

2.1 Exploring and Addressing Universal Participation in Elementary Education among Children in Slums

Sunita Chugh

2.2 An Economic Analysis of Demand Side Constraints for Girls’ Education in India

Suparna Das

2.3 Placing Kanyashree Prakalpa in Perspective with Sustainable Development Goal

Soumi Mukherjee

2.4 Inclusive Quality Education and the Right to Education Act

Alka Malvankar

2.5 Inclusive Higher Education and Neo-liberalism

Manas Behera

3. Governance of Teacher Quality

3.1 Participation of Female Teachers for Transforming Girls’ Education

Susmita Guru and Richa Saxena

3.2 Teacher Evaluation in Punjab: Insights and Reflections

Deepinder Kaur

3.3 Governance of Government Middle Schools in Beijing and Delhi: Accountability Mechanisms and Stakeholder Incentives

Yifei Yan

4. Human Capital Development and Partnerships

4.1 School as a Foundation for Inclusive Skills Development and Social Change

Karchung

4.2 Bridging Initial Education with Life-long Learning

Meng Hong Wei

4.3 SDG4 Targets Through Stakeholder Partnerships: Corporate Social Responsibility in Skill Development of Traditional Artisans

P.N. Sankaran

4.4 Good Governance, Cross-Sectoral Co-ordination and Partnership Building: The Additional Skill Acquisition Programme in Kerala

Anthony Mathew, Sulila Anar, Reeta Rajashekar and Jasneet Kaur

Contributors

Annexure: Sustainable Development Goal 4—Targets and Indicators

Index

 

Biography

Anjana Mangalagiri is Educationist and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, India. She was Chief of UNICEF’s Education Programme in various countries and formerly Fellow at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India. She has worked extensively in the areas of educational policy. planning. development and institutional reforms.