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Download full textHare, Delmas E. – 1997
This paper examines the Georgia law mandating character education and how India has addressed a similar situation with its diversity by using the "Jakarta Tales." These children's tales are Buddhist in origin, have clearly stated morals, but lack a distinct Buddhist doctrinal bent. The paper advocates that a similar orientation could be…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Childrens Literature, Cultural Awareness, Culture
Kattackal, Joseph A. – 1975
A problem-oriented history of education in postcolonial India is presented along with a forecast of India's educational future. The problems of providing quality education in India after 190 years of British rule, which left only l3 percent of the Indian population literate at the time of India's independence in 1947, are discussed. India's…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
