Forty Years of Arun C Mehta at NIEPA

Forty Years of Arun C Mehta at NIEPA
Author: Arun C Mehta
Publisher: ARUN C MEHTA
Total Pages: 647
Release: 2021-10-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9354571131

Prof. Arun C Mehta worked at the premier National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi for almost four decades (1980 to 2019) and authored numerous books, published articles in journals of repute, and written research reports based on one of the largest databases of the World, namely the Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) which he nurtured about two decades. He had written extensively in the areas of educational planning, education for all, demographic & enrolment projections, indicators of educational development, and data analysis. In the present book, Prof. Mehta presents a select 27 articles which are grouped into five broad headings, such as (i) Educational Statistics & EMIS (ii) Indicators of Educational Development (iii) Demographic & Enrolment Projections (iv) Educational Data Analysis & (v) Education for All. Apart, a complete list of his contribution has also been annexed. Renowned social scientist and former Director of NIEPA, New Delhi Prof. Kuldeep Mathur has written the foreword of the book. Prof. R Govinda, Prof. Marmar Mukhopadhyay, Prof. G. D Sharma, Dr. Geeta Gandhi Kingdon, Shri Baldev Mahajan, Late Shri B. P. Khandelwal, Mr, Simon Ellis of UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Montreal, Prof. Pradeep Kumar Joshi, Former Director NIEPA and presently Chairman of Union Public Service Commission and Prof. Najma Akhtar, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi has commented on the research of Prof. Mehta.

Gender and Social Equity in Primary Education

Gender and Social Equity in Primary Education
Author: Vimala Ramachandran
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2004-08-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780761932475

In recent years, India has made impressive strides in increasing literacy rates and in enabling access to education. The country now seems well set to provide universal and good quality basic education. Yet, behind this otherwise rosy picture lie serious concerns relating primarily to gender and equity. /-//-/This volume provides an insightful understanding of the ground realities of primary education programmes, particularly those run by the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP). Combining secondary research with field studies conducted in six states, the contributors explore gender and social equity issues in primary education. They conclude that there is a subtle but nevertheless discernible ‘hierarchy of access’ to education, which has resulted in new forms of segregation in primary schools.

District Primary Education Programme

District Primary Education Programme
Author: Digumarti Bhaskara Rao
Publisher: Discovery Publishing House
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9788171413966

The District Primary Education Programme is one of the home grown innovative educational programmes with three main goals universal access, retention and achievement. It is an ambitious national programme firmly rooted in the national policy on Education aiming to achieve Education For All by 2000 A.D. It is a sustainable, cost-effective are replicable one on a national scale. It is also an exercise in decentralised planning which puts local communities in charge of education. The districts chosen under it represent those where female literacy is below the national average of 52.21%. With great hope, conviction and preparation it was launched on November 8, 1994. DPEP will be another success story in the field of education. Let the goals of DPEP be realised and in process, every one of the society be a part of this success story.