1st Edition

Education and Caste in India The Dalit Question

252 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

252 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

252 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

Seven decades since Indian Independence, education takes the centre stage in every major discussion on development, especially when we talk about social exclusion, Dalits and reservations today. This book examines social inclusion in the education sector in India for Scheduled Castes (SCs). The volume: · Foregrounds the historical struggles of the SCs to understand why the quest for... Read more

1. Introduction: Education and the Scheduled Castes

Ghanshyam Shah

 

2. Education among Scheduled Castes in India: A Review of literature

Bharat Rout

 

3. Aspirations and Achievements of SC Students in Kerala

S. Irudaya Rajan and S. Sunitha

 

4. Land Ownership and levels of Educational Attainment in Haryana

K.V. Chamar, S.K. Chamar and N.K. Chamar

 

 

PART I: HIGH SCHOOLS

 

5. Access, discrimination and educational attainments of Scheduled caste children in Karnataka

Vishwanatha

 

6. Educational attainments of Scheduled Caste children in Goa state

Vishwanatha, V. Ramakrishnappa, and K. P.Siddalingswamy

 

7. Scheduled Caste Children and Secondary Schooling: Sociological Study of Andhra Pradesh

Nagaraju Gundemeda and Ch. Krishnarao

 

8. Secondary Education in Odisha: Some Challenges

Ramesh C. Malik and Basanta Kumar Mallik

 

 

PART II: HIGHER EDUCATION

 

9. Higher Education and the Scheduled Castes in Maharashtra

Govardhan Wankhede

 

10. Higher Education of Scheduled Caste Students in West Bengal – A Study on Access, Attainments, and Challenges

Kanak Kanti Bagchi

 

11. Scheduled Castes and Higher Education in Gujarat

Naresh M. Chauhan

 

12. Educational Status of Scheduled Caste Women in Delhi

D. Parimala and Anjali Dash

 

Appendix I: Method and Sample

 

Biography

Ghanshyam Shah is former Professor in Social Sciences at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has also been a national fellow at ICSSR, Delhi, and at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India.

Kanak Kanti Bagchi is Professor at the Department of Economics, University of North Bengal, Siliguri, West Bengal, India.

Vishwanatha Kalaiah is Professor and Chairman at the Department of Economics and Director, Centre for Study for Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy Mangalore University, Mangalore, India.