ERIC Number: EJ1011643
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
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Target-Driven Reforms: Education for All and the Translations of Equity and Inclusion in India
Mukhopadhyay, Rahul; Sriprakash, Arathi
Journal of Education Policy, v28 n3 p306-321 2013
This paper critically examines the ways in which inclusion and equity are constituted through education development policies in India. Programmes implemented under global and national Education for All (EFA) policies have largely involved the quantification of "equity" whereby schooling processes are measured against broad targets for school outcomes--focused mainly on student attendance, retention and academic achievement. Drawing on perspectives from Actor Network Theory, the paper puts forward the view of development reforms as "networks of translation" in order to trace the shifts and vicissitudes of educational ideals. Reporting on ethnographic data of two reforms in the south Indian state of Karnataka, we show how narrow understandings of equity are produced through target-driven approaches to EFA. In doing so, the paper highlights the performative effects of education development policy and its potentially counterproductive consequences in contexts of poverty and marginalisation. (Contains 1 figure and 7 notes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Network Analysis, Ethnography, Inclusion, Equal Education, Attendance Patterns, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Context Effect, Educational Policy, Teacher Role, Educational Change, Educational Development, Out of School Youth, Remedial Instruction, Networks
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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