Free and Compulsory Primary Education in India Under the British Raj: A Tale of an Unfulfilled Dream

Attempts to make free and compulsory education accessible to Indian children began a little more than a century ago. A strong consciousness for the need of free and compulsory Primary Education in India was highly moved by enactment of the Compulsory Education Act in 1870 in England. Education has b...

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Main Author: Ajit Mondal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-08-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017727037