Overview
- Focuses on the intertwined policy changes in formal education over the course of its long journey; and the politics of education reforms in India during the last few decades
- Substantively contributes to the debates on higher education, skilled migration, privatization, social exclusion and the changes in India in recent times
- Offers an analysis of transformation in India’s education policy by paying attention to both, archival as well as field data
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Cultural politics of transnational connections
- Education and the construction of skilled workforce
- Education policy in india
- Education reforms in India
- Education-action networks
- Educational bureaucracy
- History of education policy in India
- IT in higher education
- Multilateral institutions and education reforms in India
- National identity and education
- New interventions in education
- Post-liberalization transformation
- Private schools and globalisation in India
- Role of education in India's modernity project
- Skilled migration from India
- Transnational actors in education
- Transnational actors in education policy
- Transnationalised education
About this book
This book pays attention to education in India as part of several overlapping stories developed along different axes: stories of dissent, contestations, appropriation and social action. It historicises the enterprise of formal education by paying attention to the numerous policy shifts. Further, it theorises the education policy discourse by analysing the ways in which education is increasingly being shaped by international/transnational knowledge production, actors and norms. Focusing on the cultural politics of education policy production, circulation and translation across different contexts, the book revisits some of the long-standing and unresolved debates on social reforms, justice, nationalism and mobility. Evolution of ideas such as mass education, national education, adult literacy and education through public-private-partnerships showcase the momentous shifts in education policy over the course of last century. Ideas, institutional and economic arrangements, administrative formulations and frameworks for implementation make frequent appearances in the cultural as well as political reading of education policy. In a departure from the traditional policy research, this work sees policy as socially and culturally constructed; connected to questions of power, context and struggle; and part of a number of processes at large.
Reviews
“What makes this book riveting is Tukdeo’s view of policy as socially and culturally constructed. She draws on feminist, post-colonial and anti-caste literature to critique policy frameworks … . Her book examines the intellectual hegemony inherent in the specific targets set up by Education for All, and the generic standards laid down in the Millennium Development Goals. … It invites the reader to think about how education policy is a tool for creating consensus around ideas of citizenship.” (Chintan Girish Modi, Business Standard, February 20, 2020)
“India's frail and fragmented education system has failed the country's children, especially those from underprivileged classes and castes. The confusion of education policies, from the colonial period onward, has played no small role in this state of affairs. India Goes to School sheds valuable light on the social and cultural roots of these policies.” (Jean Dreze, Honorary Professor, Delhi School of Economics)
“Written with great clarity and authority, in this book, Shivali Tukdeo examines the complexities of national interests and global compulsions. The analysis she presents is likely to interest not only to Indian readership but also those interested in Indian education around the world.” (Fazal Rizvi, The University of Melbourne Australia)
“This book is a must read for anyone interested in the education system of India. It describes analytically and eloquently the internal contradictions of mass education and caste, democracy andright wing government, national policies and international influences. Shivali Tukdeo has put together a book that is outstanding on how to connect education, politics, economy and culture.” (Dr. Maria Nikolakaki, Associate Professor, University of Peloponnese, Greece)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Shivali Tukdeo is Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India. Her scholarly engagements are rooted in diverse disciplinary interactions including education policy, critical social theory and sociology of education among others. Over the last few years, her work has focused on the new policy regimes in education in India and their connections with international, supra-national policy orientations. Her current research includes social exclusion and education, and the changing modes of public education in India.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: India Goes to School
Book Subtitle: Education Policy and Cultural Politics
Authors: Shivali Tukdeo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3957-4
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature India Private Limited 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3955-0Published: 23 December 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-3957-4Published: 17 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 138
Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Sociology of Education, Social Policy