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Sabharwal, Nidhi Sadana – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2020
The chairman of the drafting committee of the modern Indian Constitution, Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, emphasized that education cultivates democracy in society, strengthens the roots of democracy, and brings about social transformation. The social transformation includes a way of life that will promote liberty, equality, and fraternity, which are Dr…
Descriptors: Democracy, Social Change, Higher Education, Democratic Values
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Groff, Cynthia – Language Policy, 2017
This article explores India's linguistic diversity from a language policy perspective, emphasizing policies relevant to linguistic minorities. The Kumaun region of Utterakhand provides a local, minority-language perspective on national-level language planning. A look at the complexity of counting India's languages reveals language planning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Educational Planning, Multilingualism
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Kappen, Mini Dejo – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2010
Inclusive education is a practice of teaching handicapped children in regular classrooms with non-handicapped children to the fullest extent possible; such children may have orthopedic, intellectual, emotional, or visual difficulties or handicaps associated with hearing or learning. In India there are constitutional provisions for Inclusive…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Educational Practices, Definitions, Accessibility (for Disabled)
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Parikh, Sunita – Teachers College Record, 1990
Presents a comparative analysis of the U.S. and Indian Supreme Courts' roles in civil rights and preference policies. Despite structural and historical differences, similarities exist in the development of such policies. Both are more concerned with fidelity to constitutional and statutory interpretations than to personal ideological viewpoints.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Comparative Analysis, Constitutional Law