The History of Education in Modern India, 1757-2012

Contents: Preface to the third edition. Preface to the second edition. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. The East India Company's role in the development of education in India. 3. Towards education in the English medium. 4. The decade after 1835. 5. Education in the presidencies: Bombay, Madras and the North-Western Provinces. 6. Missionaries and enlightened Indians. 7. The age of Dalhousie, 1848-1856. 8. The expansion of education till 1882. 9. The Hunter Commission. 10. Developments in the Post-Hunter Commission Years. 11. Towards a control of higher education. 12. The age of Curzon, 1899-1905. 13. National education till 1912. 14. The Government of India Resolution on Indian Education. 15. The Calcutta University Commission. 16. Education under Dyarchy. 17. Education under provincial autonomy. 18. Towards a national policy on education. 19. The critical years. 20. A post-mortem till 1999. 21. Education in the new millennium. 22. A journey towards literacy. 23. The winds of change. 24. A retrospection since 1999. 25. A Summing up. Bibliography. Index.

The History of Education in Modern India 1757–2012, presents an overview of the education system in India from its colonial beginnings through Independence till the present day. It examines crucial issues that have shaped India’s education system, like the introduction of English education, the Education Despatch of 1854, the genesis of Curzon’s university reform of 1899–1905, and the education policy of post-Independence India.

In addition, this fourth, revised edition includes the latest discussions and debates around the major changes planned for and already implemented in the education sector, including the recommendations of the National Knowledge Commission, the Yashpal Committee Report on the functioning of bodies in higher and technical education, and enactment of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. These are analysed against the background of the huge socioeconomic and political changes brought about in post-liberalisation India.

Meticulously researched and lucidly written by a leading authority on the subject, this book is essential reading for students at the graduate and postgraduate levels and anyone with an interest in the history and present state of education in India.