New Education Policy, Sustainable Development and Nation Building

The volume provides a comprehensive account of the linkages between education, sustainable development, and nation-building from an interdisciplinary perspective.

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Manish K. Verma is Dean of the Ambedkar School of Social Sciences and of the School of Vocational & Futuristic Studies. He is Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India, and is Council Member, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Education, Government of India. He is also former Secretary (2022-2023), Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi.

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Unit I: Introduction 1. New Education Policy, Sustainable Development and Nation Building: Historical Moorings, Contemporary Discourse and Future Prospects 2. India's New Education Policy: Its Influence and Challenges Unit II: Perspectives on New Education Policy & Nation Building 3. National Education Policy (2020): A Synergy and a Sociology 4. Education Policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Nation Building: Exploring Synergies with Dayalbagh Education Policy 5. National Educational Policy 2020: An Effort Towards Liberating Learning Landscape through Intellectual Decolonization 6. Delving Gandhi in New Education Policy 2020 7. NEP 2020: Transcending Indian Ethos and Values towards creating a Global Knowledge Society Unit III: Issues of New Education Policy & Sustainable Development 8. Leadership in Indian Higher Education: Negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals 9. NEP 2020 and Critical Thinking 10. New Education Policy and Women's Education: A Critical Appraisal 11. Informal Employment in India: Emerging Trends of Gig Economy and Role of New Education Policy 12. Sustainable Development, Vocational Education and Nation Building: The Role of Civil Society in Promoting NEP 2020 13. Discourse on Sustainability and Impact of NEP on Mental Health in Higher Education Institutes 14. Scope of Mass Media in the Education and National Education Policy 2020 Unit IV: Challenges of New Education Policy, Sustainable Development & Nation Building 15. A Critical Introspection of Dalits and the New Education Policy 16. New Education Policy 2020 and Indigenous Children's Right to Education: A Case Study of Odisha 17. Tracing the Trajectory of ECCE in India in the context of NEP 2020: Opportunities and Challenges 18. Inclusive Education for Children with Special Needs and New Education Policy 2020: Assessing Ground Realities 19. Challenges and Possibilities of National Education Policy 2020 - An Empirical Understanding of Scheduled Tribes of Paschim Midnapore, West Bengal, India 20. Hybrid Learning: Issues and Challenges of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education