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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Social Exclusion and School Participation in India: Expanding Access with Equity
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Govinda, Rangachar; Bandyopadhyay, Madhumita – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2010
In recent years, increased demand and massive expansion have brought into Indian schools huge numbers of children who might not have attended in the past. Still, large numbers, and specific groups, of children remain excluded from schooling for various reasons, jeopardizing equitable access to elementary education. Further accentuating this…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Disadvantaged, School Involvement, Foreign Countries
Education for All in India: Assessing Progress towards Dakar Goals
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Govinda, Rangachar – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2008
About 60 years ago India established a policy of providing free and compulsory education to all children and began transforming the elite education system inherited from its colonial past into a mass education program. The task became a race against a rapidly growing population, which outstripped the pace at which children could be enrolled and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Compulsory Education, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries