Encyclopaedia of Educational Planning and Development, Vol. I - V/R.K. Raghuram. New Delhi, Crescent Publishing Corporation, 2008, xl, 1416 p., ISBN 81-8342-150-8.

    Contents: Vol. I. Educational Planning: Preface. 1. National Policy of education, 1986. 2. National Policy on Education (NPE): programme of action. 3. Planning of elementary education. 4. Mid-day meal programme. 5. Planning of adult education. 6. Planning and policies for EFA. 7. Policy framework for educational development. Bibliography. Index.

    Vol. II. Educational Development: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Education in India. 3. National policy on education: trends and perspectives. 4. Content and curriculum. 5. Fifty years of educational development. 6. Programmes of education for all. 7. Social and educational transformation. 8. Mobilisation, people's participation and decentralisation. Bibliography. Index.

    Vol. III. Educational Administration: Preface. 1. Principles and objectives of education. 2. Development of pre-school children. 3. Institutional administration. 4. Educational planning. 5. Supervision and inspection. 6. Financial administration. 7. Information systems for educational administration. 8. Legal foundation of educational administration. 9. Educational organisation. 10. Administration of teacher education. 11. Training and recruitment of teachers. 12. Managing educational transformation. Bibliography. Index.

    Vol. IV. Educational Management: Preface. 1. Indian education system. 2. Integration and differentiation in education. 3. Problems of educational development. 4. Decentralised management of education. 5. Education commissions and committees. 6. Centrally sponsored schemes for education. 7. Managing academic burden. 8. Innovative approaches to education management. Bibliography. Index.

    Vol. V. Recommendations of Kothari Commission: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. National Policy of education, 1968. 3. Educational objectives. 4. Standards of educational system. 5. Recommendations for teacher development. 6. Recommendations for educational equality. 7. Enrolment and manpower planning. 8. Educational planning and administration. 9. Recommendations to improve educational quality. Bibliography. Index.

    "Education planning and development has importance in the Indian context and of global perspective. The present publication in five volumes considers planning, management and development in education as a whole. An overview of the historical development of state administration of education in the modern age will help identify issues in administration, planning and management faced in the late-modern/post-modern context--such as challenges to the role of the state in the form of financial imperatives and marketisation on one hand and social justice on the other.

    The role of the state and specifically of central and local government in the administration, planning and management of education are examined alongside an evaluation of the roles of parastatal and non-governmental organisations. This work will be valuable for students of education, schools, education planners and for the people who are related to the field of education directly or indirectly." (jacket)

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