Education in Early Postcolonial India: Expansion, Experimentation and Planned Self-Help

Autor/in	Sherman, Taylor C.
Titel	Education in Early Postcolonial India: Expansion, Experimentation and Planned Self-Help
Quelle	In: History of Education, 47 (2018) 4, S.504-520 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2017.1413214
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational History; Educational Development; Educational Policy; Social Change; Educational Philosophy; Strategic Planning; Educational Planning; Political Influences; Social Influences; Experimental Programs; Equal Education; Access to Education; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Sozialer Wandel; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Bildungsplanung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Erprobungsprogramm; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Indien
Abstract	After independence India's leaders committed the country to democracy with universal franchise and to pursuing a socialistic pattern of society. As part of these interlocking projects, it was widely recognised that India's educational systems needed reform. However, with scarce resources, Indian policy-makers faced the dilemma of whether to improve the existing system, which served a narrow, urban elite, or expand it to the entire population, as the Constitution promised they would. This overview of education policy in the first two decades after 1947 finds that, at the centre, Indian planning did not monopolise control over education. Rather, India's was a socialism of scarcity, which relied on self-help efforts by the people to build the institutions of the welfare state. However, by relying on communities to use their own resources to build local schools, this DIY socialism entrenched existing inequalities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01