Education and Caste in India

Autor/in	Chauhan, Chandra Pal Singh
Titel	Education and Caste in India
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 28 (2008) 3, S.217-234 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
Schlagwörter	Social Class; Public Policy; Affirmative Action; Foreign Countries; Political Issues; Enrollment; Government Publications; Educational Attainment; Economic Factors; Secondary Education; Disproportionate Representation; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Öffentliche Ordnung; Ausland; Politischer Faktor; Einschulung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ökonomischer Faktor; Sekundarbereich; Indien
Abstract	This paper analyses the policy of reservation for lower castes in India. This policy is similar to that of affirmative action in the United States. The paper provides a brief overview of the caste system and discusses the types of groups that are eligible for reservation, based on data from government reports. The stance of this paper is that affirmative action has not benefited the lower castes due to contextual factors like low school enrolment and completion rates, and high dropout and failure rates. Also, continuous addition of more and more castes to the fold of reserved categories has diluted the positive impact of the reservation policy. This paper suggests that under-representation of any social group in educational institutions should be assessed with reference to sub-populations of secondary school completers and argues that, unlike Scheduled Castes and Tribes, Other Backward Castes are not markedly under-represented. Hence, the 27% quota declared by the government recently is not justified. The paper also highlights social, pedagogic, psychological and political issues involved in the policy of reservation, and suggests that quotas should be based on economic criteria rather than on caste considerations. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10