TY - GEN AU - Krishna Kumar [ed.] TI - Routledge handbook of education in India: debates, practices, and policies SN - 9781138103641 U1 - 370.954 PY - 2108/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Education -- India N2 - This comprehensive handbook introduces the reader to the education system in India in terms of its structural features, its relations with society and culture and the debates that have shaped present-day policy ethos. Expert scholars provide a lucid analysis of complex themes such as the equal distribution of educational opportunities, legal provisions shaping the opportunity structure and curricular issues in major areas of knowledge. The volume provides a general overview of India’s education system and examines key and current issues that face higher and school education, the examination system, disciplines of social sciences, curriculum, teachers, law, coaching and unemployment ER -