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Education is of particular importance in increasing life chances for the most disadvantaged sectors of any population, including girls and women. The education sector is usually the major employer of public sector staff and it receives the largest share of government revenue in a country. Education sector has an important role in responding to the social sector issue like the role of education in poverty eradication, in close co-operation with other social sectors.

Intended for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of education, this book is an earnest endeavor to provide the readers with a thorough understanding of the various concepts of education and its role in social sector issues. The exhaustive treatment of the topics in a cogent manner will enable the students to grasp the subject in an easy-to-understand manner.

This book relates to awareness, implementation and utility of education and social sector issues in our society like unemployment issues, women empowerment issues, health issues or education itself have been covered in this book. The book also offers empirical findings on the role of education awareness for social sector development and suggests suitable measures to make them more effective.

The purpose of this edited book is to provide a common platform for academicians and policy makers for a comprehensive deliberation on issues/ concerns relating to social sector development in India. Research papers and various articles covering so many themes of education awareness for social sector development are compiled at one place so that anyone can get easy access of their research. This edited book can also be useful to the teachers and research scholars as a reference material.