India Goes to School

Shivali Tukdeo is Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India. Her scholarly engagements are rooted in diverse disciplinary interactions including education policy, critical social theory and sociology of education among others. Over the last few years, her work has focused on the  new policy regimes in education in India and their connections with international, supra-national policy orientations. Her current research  includes social exclusion and education, and the changing modes of public education in India.

“The book is a must-read for students and scholars to comprehend the subtle nuances of educational policy frameworks in the Indian context and to enrich their understanding about the changing discourses about caste, gender, class, power, patriarchy, bureaucracy and educational outcomes. … this book offers timely and relevant insights to understand the rationale and relevance of policymaking from varied dimensions.” (Bilal Kaloo, Contemporary Education Dialogue, Vol. 18 (1), 2021)“What makes this book riveting is Tukdeo’s view of policy as socially and culturally constructed. She draws on feminist, post-colonial and anti-caste literature to critique policy frameworks … . Her book examines the intellectual hegemony inherent in the specific targets set up by Education for All, and the generic standards laid down in the Millennium Development Goals. … It invites the reader to think about how education policy is a tool for creating consensus around ideas of citizenship.” (Chintan Girish Modi, Business Standard, February 20, 2020)​

• Chapter 1: Struggles of the Word and the World.- Chapter 2: Formal Education: Alphabets of Reforms and Escape.-  Chapter 3: Towards Reconstruction: Education in Post-Colonial India.- Chapter 4: Script and Screenplay: International Actors.- Chapter 5: Education, Migration and the Construction of Transnational Solution Space.- Chapter 6: Transnational Education Action: Claims, Practices and Investments.- Chapter 7: Contexts, Claims and Compulsions: Education Policy in Contemporary India.