Access to schooling is a pre-condition for educational progress but not a sufficient condition. Adequate infrastructure facilities and effective management are equally important to translate the efforts into educational progress. The book examines availability of infrastructure facilities for secondary schools, besides looking at extent of transition, drop-outs and retention. It also examines performance of students in public examinations and the extent and nature of private tuition. A range of management aspects of secondary education including administrative structures, inspection and supervision, planning and management of curriculum and textbooks, and teacher management are elucidated.
One of the unique features of the book is the critical analysis of secondary education management from the all India level to that of the case study schools providing a comparative picture of different states with a focus on four sample states i.e., Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh which are at varying levels of educational and economic development. The book should be of considerable interest to all having interest in issues relating to management of secondary education, policy planners, researchers and students of education.
Dr. K. Sujatha is Professor and Head of Department of Comparative Education and International Cooperation, NUEPA, specializes on education of disadvantaged and comparative education. She authored six books including two by IIEP/UNESCO, Paris and several research papers and articles published in national and international journals. She has conducted several empirical research studies on education of disadvantaged, scheduled tribes and secondary education.
Dr. P. Geetha Rani, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Finances, NUEPA specializes in the area of Economics and Financing of Education. She has authored several research papers published in national and international journals and conducted few empirical research studies.
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Preface vii
1. Introduction
2. Infrastructural Provisions: Size and Nature
3. Internal Efficiency of Secondary Education
4. Private Tuition at Secondary Level: Trends and Troubles
5. Planning and Management of Textbooks and Public Examination
6. Administration and Management of the Secondary Education
7. Management of Teachers
Index