Nandini Manjrekar

Bio: Nandini Manjrekar is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Primary education & Social equality. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 38 citations.

Gender and Social Equity in Primary Education: Hierarchies of Access:

Abstract: Over the past decade, the system of primary education in India has undergone drastic structural changes. Increas ing pr ivat isa t ion, ins t i tu t iona l i sa t ion of differentiated systems of schooling, non-formalisation of the formal school system through appointment of para-teachers and setting up of new monitoring structures at the local level in the name of decentralisation and community mobilisation — all these have crucial implications for issues of social equity and pose a challenge to long-held notions of the relationship between education, democracy and social change.

Gender Education and Equality in a Global Context: Conceptual Frameworks and Policy Perspectives

Abstract: 1. (Re)visiting education and development agendas: contemporary gender research Part 1: (Re)Conceptualising Gender Equality 2. Global values and gender equality: needs, rights and capabilities 3. Contested gender frameworks: economic models and provider perspectives on education 4. Global gender goals and the construction of equality: conceptual dilemmas and policy practice 5. Social capital, civil society and education for all: a gendered lens Part 2: Researching Agency, Engagements and Empowerment 6. Researching Transitions: gender education, marketisation and Islam in Tajikistan 7. Researching Gender: explorations into sexuality and HIV/AIDS education in Africa 8. Schooling girls: an intergenerational study of women's burdens in rural Bangladesh 9. Acts of citizenship: women's civic engagements as community based educators in Mumbai 10. Gendered experiences of teaching in poor rural areas of Ghana Part 3: (Re)Defining Global Equality Agendas 11. Globalising the school curriculum: gender, EFA and global citizenship education 12. Nationhood and the education of the female citizen in India 13. Poverty reduction and gender parity in education: an alternative approach 14. Adult learning and the politics of change: feminist organizations and educational action in Latin America