School Education In India : quality Improvement Techniques

Since Independence in 1947, there has been an enormous expansion of school education in India. The school segment has adopted and integrated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve quality and productivity in education. However, the existing inequalities prevailing in school education system have led to digital divide. Other problems and challenges facing the system include outdated curriculum, pedagogy, lack of infrastructure, dropouts, teachers’ absenteeism, unequal access, lax administration and slow speed of vocationalization of education. This volume contains 31 papers, authored by the scholars in the field of education, which focus on various dimensions of school education in India. It is designed to act as a reference book for students of Bachelors in Education (B.Ed.), Masters in Education (M.Ed.), Post-graduate diploma in Education, Masters in Educational Management and other related courses. The contents of this volume would also give a deep insight to school teachers, school principals, college and university teachers, educational administrators, policy-makers, policy-planners, scholars, academicians, trainers, field-workers and all those who are related to the spread and improvement in educational standards.