FOCUS ON EQUITY & EQUALITY
796 pp,
Globalisation has created serious economic crisis also in many developing countries and this made lethal changes as far as the state provisions of education are concerned. The ongoing changes due to globalisation provide a context to reconsider the challenges, find the opportunities and devise changes needed to foster development. In particular, to avoid the discrepancy created by the new information technology, and other aspects of the processes of globalisation. It is imperative to find what has been effective to the fight against the new challenges of education specially, poverty is the main hurdle for the education development. The reforms in this era should be equity driven.
The book deals with national and international issues of Globalisation and its impact on social, economic, intersectoral inequalities and Digital Divide.
NIEPA felt it is worthwhile venture to compile key papers of the International Conference in a pre-conference book form for the referral benefit to policy makers and planners, researchers and students.
National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) is a national institute in educational planning and administration in South Asia.
An autonomous organisation registered under Societies Registration Act of 1860, it is fully funded and sponsored by the Government of India. With specialization in policy, planning and management in education, NIEPA is the professional wing of the Government of India. Here, at NIEPA, the prime concerns are with capacity building in educational policy, planning and management through research, training, consultancy and dissemination.
NIEPA's origin can be traced to UNESCO Regional Center for Educational Planners and Administrators in 1961-62; in 1965, it was renamed as Asian Institute of Educational Planning and Administration. On the completion of the 10-year contract with UNESCO, the Government of India took it over and renamed the Institute as National Staff College for Educational Planners and Administrators in 1970. Subsequently the institute was renamed as National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) in 1979 emphasizing on research besides staff development.
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Preface, Basic education: making it work for the poor experiences from South, Local knowledge & human develoopment in globalisation of education, Qualifications in a global market: deepening the divide? The global & local challenges in formal basic schooling in Post-Apartheid South Aferica, The dynamics of education & training in Vietnam: the contradictory effects of globalisation in terms of inequality, Enterpreneurship education as a means of eradicating unemployment among individuals with disabilities, Community college: a democratic response to globalisation providing equity & equal opportunity, Globalised education & human development: a risk analysis, Globalisation & educational challenges Tamil Nadu experience,,Competition as an outcome of globalisation: its effect on Urban secondary school boys, Globalisation & impact on human: development with a focus on education , Globalisation: the threat perceptions to equality of educational opportunities, Globalisation & impact of human development & education, Globalisation & human development,Globalisation & gender equity, Learning for sustainable development, Globalisation & inequalities in educational development in India: focus on Andhra Pradesh, Multiple inequalities of globalisation and what to o about them, Equity & financing education, Digital divine & its impact on education & employment, Structural predicaments and digital divide: how real in South Asia? Meeting the challanges of globalisation through information technology, Implications of Globalisation for knowledge Management Education and learning, Globalisaton and Its impact on Human Development and Education, Digital Divide and Education YCMOU Experience, Digital Divide and Globalisation of Education, Digital Divide and Education, Utilisation of Computers and Internet facilities by postgraduate students in Universities of Kerala, From Digital Divide to Digital opportunities, Digital Education for All: Need of the Hour, The digital Globalisation of Higher Education, Digital Divide and Education: some issues, Impact of Globalisation on Engineering Education, A study report on the Digital Divide towards education, Equal opportunities in the Information Technology Sector, Reality or myth: A case study, Globalisation and National Policy: Institute-level Responses in Education, Globalisation: its impact on Education, A new conceptual Framework for the evaluation of thought in the area of Educational design and development within the context of Globalisation and its emerging intra Sectoral inqualities, Implications of Globalisation for University Reforms: Concern for quality and Equality, Globalisation: Perspectives on policy and strategies for equitable management of school and mass education in India, Globalisation versus socialization: Some Epistemology issues in Higher Education, A New WTO Paradigm: Equity and Equality in Higher Education, Globalisation and its implications to strengthen Education, Education and Human Development: the impact of Globalisation, Challenges of Globalisation on Engineering Education in India, Globalisation and Impact on Human Development and Education, Globalisation and Intra Sectoral Inequalities in Education, Business Behaviour in Indian Higher Education System and its Impact on Equality, Financing Education in India in the Macro Economic Reform Period: Focus on Inter-Sectoral Allocation of Resources