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Caste and the Politics of the Early 'Public' in Schooling: Dalit Struggle for an Equitable Education
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Direct linkNambissan, Geetha B. – Contemporary Education Dialogue, 2020
In this article, I draw attention to the early 1850s in the Bombay Presidency when the colonial government first assumed responsibility for mass education. I show that in the subsequent decades, publicly funded schooling was narrow and extremely exclusive as a result of the strong opposition of dominant castes to the education of the Dalits…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Class, Equal Education, Educational Policy
Majumdar, Manabi; Mooij, Jos – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Universalization of primary education has been high on the policy agenda in India. This book looks at the reproduction of social inequalities within the educational system in India, and how this is contested in different ways. It examines whether the concept of "education for all" is just a mechanically conceived policy target to chasing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Class, Social Discrimination, Equal Education
