CONTENTS:- 1. Primary Education in India at the Threshold of the New Millenium. 2. Role of Family, Community and School Factors in Improving Retention and the Achievement level of Disadvantaged Children. 3. Private Schools and Universal Elementary Education. 4. Drop-out and Retention Rate in Primary Schools of DPEP Districts: A Study in Uttar Pradesh. 5. Academic Facilitation at National Institute of Open Schooling Study Centres. 6. Community Participation in Primary Education: The Uttar Pradesh Experience. 7. Performance of Village Education Committee and Vidyalaya Siksha Samiti. 8. Education and Empowerment of Women through Mahila Samakhya. 9. Scheduled Caste Residential Schools: A Case Study. 10. Literacy and Development.
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In recent decades the interface between the school, community and the State has gained sallence as it has direct beaing on the quality of education impaired to children. This is extremely important at the primary School level when foundations are being laid for building up the personality for the Child along with giving him an opportunity to understand his social environment. Community participation in education at this Stage has to be assiduously promoted, particularly among the unlettered Rural population. This Book is a collection of papers bearing on some of these issues. Each of these papers reports the findings of a Research project undertaken by the researchers at the Sulabh Institute of Development Studies. Since most of these reports are unpublished, these self contained papers would give the readers, some idea of the problems involved along with the constraints as well as possible remedial measure.
