Preface Introduction Ved Prakash Part I Perspectives Goals and Values 1 Perspectives on Society Education and Values: The Education Commission and After C Seshadri 2 Revisiting the Education Commission: Perspectives Goals and Values M Anandakrishnan 3 The Education Commission's Perspectives on Society Education and Development M S Yadav 4 Education Commission and After: A Segregated School System Arjun Dev Part II Equality and Social Justice 5 Literacy and Elementary Education: Regional Imbalances and Social Inequities R Govinda 6 Regional Imbalances in Educational Development R P Singh 7 National Commitment to Education of the Dalits: A Critical Commentary on the Report of the Education Commission Padma Velaskar 8 Inclusion in Indian Education Policies: Revisiting Equality in the Kothari Commission Report Madan Mohan Jha 9 The Education Commission's Vision on Inclusive Education: Beginning of a Long Journey Sudesh Mukhopadhyay 10 Gender and Inclusive Education at All Levels Anita Ghai Part III Curriculum Pedagogy and Knowledge 11 Deciphering Policy Discourse on Place of Work in Curriculum Anil Sadgopal 12 Teacher Education: How far have we Traversed the Path Envisioned by the Education Commission (1964-66) M A Khader 13 Teacher Education: Vision of Kothari Commission and Its Realisation Mohd Akhtar Siddiqui 14 Teacher Education in the Eyes of Education Commissions: Time We Made Incisive Decisions A K Sharma 15 The Kothari Commission and Curricular Imperatives Vijaya S Varma Part IV Planning and Governance 16 Rethinking Educational Governance for Social Transformation Sharad Chandra Behar 17 Autonomy Privatization and Commercialization in Higher Education Madhu Prasad Part V Resources and National Economy 18 The Kothari Commission and Financing of Education Jandhyala B G Tilak Part VI Education Commission's Perception of Knowledge 19 Knowledge for National Development Pushpa M Bhargava Part VII Contemporary Concerns and Future Challenges 20 Vision of Institutionalizing New Ideas of the Education Commission: Focus on Open and Distance Learning Ram Takwale 21 The Vision of Institutionalizing New Ideas of the Education Commission: Focus on Open and Distance Learning H P Dikshit 22 Adult Education Hriday Kant Dewan 23 The Challenge before Indian Agricultural Universities: Impact and Relevance of Kothari Commission's Vision and Strategy Dinesh Abrol and L Pulamte Contributors Index Education is a powerful instrument of social transformation and nation building. With this vision the Education Commission (1964-66) popularly known as Kothari Commission was constituted. The book attempts to reflect on the basic premises, relevance and impact of recommendations of the Kothari Commission on policy formulation broadly in seven thematic areas: perspectives, goals and values; equality and social justice; curriculum, pedagogy and knowledge; planning and governance; resources and national economy; research and development; and contemporary education development concerns. The book should be of considerable interest to all those who are interested in issues relating to development of education in India, policy planners, research scholars and students of education.