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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463780503321

Autore

Harinath Silveru

Titolo

Dalit women and dropout rates in collegiate education : a study of the Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh / / by Silveru Harinath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6710-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (102 p.)

Disciplina

305.420954

Soggetti

Dalit women - India - Andhra Pradesh - Social conditions

Dalit women - India - Andhra Pradesh

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER TWO - REVIEW OF LITERATURE; CHAPTER THREE - COLLEGIATE EDUCATION AND THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF DALIT WOMEN IN PALAKURTY MANDAL; CHAPTER FOUR - DALIT WOMEN IN COLLEGIATE EDUCATION; CHAPTER FIVE - CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE

Sommario/riassunto

Caste is an inescapable aspect in terms of education in the Indian state, as it is in many other aspects of public life. Education standards have changed throughout the course of Indian history, but the subjugated Dalits, and particularly female children belonging to this caste, still face the hurdles of caste discrimination in society and in the education sector in particular. Despite introducing state education policies, the scale and size of these policies have not resulted in an increase ...