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This book, describing key ways in which contemporary education research has framed the questions of gender equality in and through education is aimed at scholars interested in research on education and gender and related issues. Mainly drawing articles published earlier in the Journal of Educational Planning and Administration of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration and a few articles authored by faculty members of NIEPA, it attempts at giving an idea on trends and varied perspectives on education of women, influence of culture and opportunity on education development, equity, impact of women's education on various facets of development, While each piece stands on its own, taken together this collection offers a coherent overview of what has been examined, and remains to be examined, in this field. Building on what is known, it is hoped that scholars would identify research on gender and education, that would advance our understanding of the ways in which education could lead to substantive equality in the society.

Contents: 1. Gender in contemporary education research: an overview/Ratna M. Sudarshan and Jandhyala B.G. Tilak. Part I: The Story of Girls’ Education. 2. De-construction of the interaction of colonial rule with the education of Indian girls/Shushmita Chatterji Dutt. 3. Elementary education for girls in India/Gurminder Singh. 4. Gender equality outcomes of the SSA: a case study/Ratna M. Sudarshan. 5. Education and empowerment of women: Project Maher/V. V. Chiplunkar. Part II: Framing Gender in Education: Equity Concerns. 6. Education, caste, gender: Dalit girls’ access to schooling in Maharashtra/Padma Velaskar. 7. Equity and education/Dhanwanti Nayak. 8. Gender, educational deprivation and exclusion: a case study of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh/Madhumita Bandyopadhyay. 9. Heterogeneous gendered realities and multiple disadvantages: issues that frame women and girls education in India/Vimala Ramachandran. 10. Women in higher education today /structure and agency from a gender perspective/Nelly P. Stromquist. Part III: Culture vs Economic Opportunity. 11. Gender bias in education among the rural Sikhs of Punjab/Satinderjit Thind and Sushma Jaswal. 12. Women’s education, dowry, bargaining and gains to marriage/T. Lakshmanasamy. 13. Enrollment and dropouts of Muslims in West Bengal: evidence from NSS 61st round/Zakir Husain. 14. Higher education in and for a changing world/Karuna Chanana. Part IV: Wider Impacts of Female Education. 15. Education and earnings: gender differences in India/Jandhyala B.G. Tilak. 16. Returns to education by gender among wage employees in urban India/Jeemol Unni. 17. Understanding school attendance and children’s work participation in India/Usha Jayachandran. 18. Women’s education and empowerment in rural areas - a case study of West Bengal, India/Rakhee Banerjee, Pradip Kumar Sahu and Santiranjan Pal. 19. Non-market benefits of women’s education/Madhusudan Raj. 20. End note/Ratna M. Sudarshan and Jandhyala. B. G. Tilak. Index.