Literacy for Globalization : In Honour of Prof. D. Janardhana Reddy
Contents: Preface. Prof. D. Janardhana Reddy. List of the authors. I. Literacy and socio-economic development: 1. Literacy and socio-economic Development/G.V.R.R. Prasad. 2. Impact of literacy on socio-economic development/Baluchamy and C. Senthil Kumar. 3. Digital literacy in the socio-economic development in India/N. Vijaya. 4. Basic education for socio-economic development: a study of Mahaboobnagar District/B.V. Raghavendra, M.N. Swarna and B.S. Rao. 5. Impact of education on social development/K. Narasimhulu and G. Thulasi Ram. 6. Patterns of literacy and educational levels in the North Eastern Region of India/U.A. Shimray. 7. Promote literacy with human face/C. Ramakantha Sarma. II. Literacy and rural development: 8. Literacy and rural development: present status and further directions/P. Adinarayana Reddy, D. Uma Devi and M. Mahadeva Reddy. 9. Literacy and rural development/V. Jagadeswari. 10. Literacy : key indicator for sustainable development/M.V.S.S. Prakasa Rao and Y. Bhaskaracharyulu. 11. Literacy for rural development/P.P. Satyanarayana Rao. 12. Rural Development Programmes/T. Kumaraswamy and E.B. Chowdary. 13. Disparities in educational deprivation of children/M. Sundara Rao. 14. Women empowerment and poverty alleviation : micro finance a way to rural development/K. Govindappa. III. Higher education and development: 15. Higher education for rural human resource development/J. Livingston Philip and K. Parthasarathi. 16. Role of higher education institutions in the development of rural human resources/A. Selvaraj Gnanaguru. 17. Role of higher educational institutions in promotion of rural human resources/N. Amareeswaran and C. Manchala. 18. The role of Indian Universities in promoting rural development : a case study of Jharkhand/Asha Singh and K.P. Singh. 19. Higher education institutions in dissemination of knowledge/Sugon Bhatia. 20. University -- community partnership for enhancing youth employability/Sween. IV. Globalization and human resource development: 21. Globalization and the role of department of adult and continuing education and extension/Renuka H. Narang. 22. Scientific literacy for development and industrialization/M.C. Reddeppa Reddy. 23. Global development on employment potential of tourism industry/M. Rajkumar and M. Rajadurai. 24. Enhancing employment of youth through University extension in the age of globalization/J.P. Dubey. 25. Media for sustainable human resources development/J.P. Dubey. 26. Education in the knowledge age/D. Chenna Reddy.
"Globalisation has paved a way for sharing the dividends of natural resources by the competent people without any discrimination. In this process, the people with required competencies are surging ahead leaving behind the general population. Recognizing the potentialities of the masses, the Government has taken up a number of programmes to enhance their productive skills among them. The universities are also participating in the race to equip the people with required information, knowledge through its extension dimension. The Department of Adult and Continuing Education of S.V. University is in fore front in these activities.
The present volume is an output of a National Seminar organized on literacy, rural development and industrialization. The papers included in this volume tries to explain, conform, or establish the role of literacy in multifaceted development of the individual and the Nation as whole. The book will be useful for the researcher, policy makers, programme planners, and field factionary to understand the consequences of the literacy in the present day context of globalization." (jacket)
