The State, Local Community and Participatory Governance Practices: Prospects of Change
In policy discourse of 1990s, more inclusive spaces
have been constructed for realizing full and meaningful participation
of common people in education. These participatory spaces provide
an alternative possibility for universalizing elementary education
against the backdrop of a history of entrenched forms of social and
economical exclusion; inequitable education provisions; and
shrinking role of the state in today-s neo-liberal times. Drawing on
case-studies of bottom-up approaches to school governance, the study
examines an array of innovative ways through which poor people
gained a sense of identity and agency by evolving indigenous
solutions to issues regarding schooling of their children. In the
process, state-s institutions and practices became more accountable
and responsive to educational concerns of the marginalized people.
The deliberative participation emerged as an active way of
experiencing deeper forms of empowerment and democracy than its
passive realization as mere bearers of citizen rights.
[1] Dale, R., "The state and the governance of education: An analysis of the
restructuring of the state - education.
[2] Jayal, N.G., Prakash, A. and Sharma, P. K., Local Governance in India:
Decentralization and Beyond. New Delhi: Oxford University Press,
2006.
[3] Gaventa, J., "Exploring citizenship, participation and accountability",
IDS Bulletin, vol. 33, pp. 1-11, 2002.
[4] Mahmud,S., "Making rights real in Bangladesh through collective
citizen action", IDS Bulletin,vol. 33, pp.31-39,2002.
[5] Pratham, "Annual Status of Education Report (ASER: Rural)",
Mumbai: Pratham Resource Centre, 2007.
[6] Mehrotra,S.,The Economics of Elementary Education in India, New
Delhi:Sage Publications,2006.
[7] Sadgopal, A., "Right to education, state and the neo-liberal assault"
(revised version), in Independent People-s Tribunal on the World Bank
in India: Papers on World Bank-s Policies, People-s Campaign for
Common School System, New Delhi. September, pp. 1-14, 2007.
[8] Subrahmanian, R., "Citizenship and the ÔÇÿright to education-:
Perspectives from the Indian context", IDS Bulletin, vol. 33, pp.74-82,
2002.
[9] Subrahmanian, R., "Education exclusion and the development state",in
Educational Regimes in Contemporary India, R. Chopra and
P. Jeffery, Eds. New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 62 - 82, 2005.
[10] Cornwall, A., "Unpacking ÔÇÿparticipation-: Models, meanings and
practices", Community Development Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, pp.269-283,
2008.
[11] Cornwall, A., "Locating citizenship participation", IDS Bulletin, vol. 33,
pp. 49-58, 2002.
[12] Lefebvre,H., The Production of Space. Oxford:Blackwell, 1991.
[13] Dreze, J. & Sen, A., India Development and Participation, New Delhi:
Oxford University Press, 2002.
[14] Manor,J., The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization.
Washington, DC: World Bank, 1999.
[15] Balagopalan, S., "An idea school and the schooled ideal: Education at
the margins", in Educational Regimes in Contemporary India, Radhika
Chopra, Ed. New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 83 - 98, 2005.
[16] Govinda, R. and Diwan, R., Community Participation and
Empowerment in Primary Education. New Delhi: Sage publications,
2003.
[17] Raina, V., "Making sense of community participation: Comparing
school education and watershed development", in R. Govinda and R.
Diwan Eds, Community Participation and Empowerment in Primary
Education. New Delhi: Sage publications, pp.182-202, 2003.
[18] Department of Education, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: Fourth Joint Review
Mission.Aide Memoire,New Delhi, 2006.
[19] Bodh Shiksha Samiti and Novib, Jan Bodh Karyakaram, Jaipur, 2006.
[20] Bodh Shiksha Samiti, Record of School- Community Meetings of
Amagarh Bodhshala (1994-2007), Jaipur.
[21] Bakhtin, M.M., The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays. Michael
Holquist,Ed., Caryl Emerson, Trans. Austin:University of Texas Press,
1931/1981.
[22] DRF, School-Community Partnership in Education: A Programme of
PESLE, Hyderabad, 2006.
[23] Kumar, Krishna, "Partners in Education?" Economic & Political Weekly,
2008, vol. XLIII, pp. 8-11, 2008.
[24] Sen, A., "The possibility of social choice", in Capabilities, Freedom and
Equality: Amartya Sen-s Work from a Gender Perspective, Bina
Aggarwal, Ed. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.369-419, 2006.
[25] Giroux, H., "Crossing the boundaries of educational discourse:
Modernism, post-modernism and feminism", in Education, Economy
and Society, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 113-130, 1997.
[1] Dale, R., "The state and the governance of education: An analysis of the
restructuring of the state - education.
[2] Jayal, N.G., Prakash, A. and Sharma, P. K., Local Governance in India:
Decentralization and Beyond. New Delhi: Oxford University Press,
2006.
[3] Gaventa, J., "Exploring citizenship, participation and accountability",
IDS Bulletin, vol. 33, pp. 1-11, 2002.
[4] Mahmud,S., "Making rights real in Bangladesh through collective
citizen action", IDS Bulletin,vol. 33, pp.31-39,2002.
[5] Pratham, "Annual Status of Education Report (ASER: Rural)",
Mumbai: Pratham Resource Centre, 2007.
[6] Mehrotra,S.,The Economics of Elementary Education in India, New
Delhi:Sage Publications,2006.
[7] Sadgopal, A., "Right to education, state and the neo-liberal assault"
(revised version), in Independent People-s Tribunal on the World Bank
in India: Papers on World Bank-s Policies, People-s Campaign for
Common School System, New Delhi. September, pp. 1-14, 2007.
[8] Subrahmanian, R., "Citizenship and the ÔÇÿright to education-:
Perspectives from the Indian context", IDS Bulletin, vol. 33, pp.74-82,
2002.
[9] Subrahmanian, R., "Education exclusion and the development state",in
Educational Regimes in Contemporary India, R. Chopra and
P. Jeffery, Eds. New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 62 - 82, 2005.
[10] Cornwall, A., "Unpacking ÔÇÿparticipation-: Models, meanings and
practices", Community Development Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, pp.269-283,
2008.
[11] Cornwall, A., "Locating citizenship participation", IDS Bulletin, vol. 33,
pp. 49-58, 2002.
[12] Lefebvre,H., The Production of Space. Oxford:Blackwell, 1991.
[13] Dreze, J. & Sen, A., India Development and Participation, New Delhi:
Oxford University Press, 2002.
[14] Manor,J., The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization.
Washington, DC: World Bank, 1999.
[15] Balagopalan, S., "An idea school and the schooled ideal: Education at
the margins", in Educational Regimes in Contemporary India, Radhika
Chopra, Ed. New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 83 - 98, 2005.
[16] Govinda, R. and Diwan, R., Community Participation and
Empowerment in Primary Education. New Delhi: Sage publications,
2003.
[17] Raina, V., "Making sense of community participation: Comparing
school education and watershed development", in R. Govinda and R.
Diwan Eds, Community Participation and Empowerment in Primary
Education. New Delhi: Sage publications, pp.182-202, 2003.
[18] Department of Education, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: Fourth Joint Review
Mission.Aide Memoire,New Delhi, 2006.
[19] Bodh Shiksha Samiti and Novib, Jan Bodh Karyakaram, Jaipur, 2006.
[20] Bodh Shiksha Samiti, Record of School- Community Meetings of
Amagarh Bodhshala (1994-2007), Jaipur.
[21] Bakhtin, M.M., The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays. Michael
Holquist,Ed., Caryl Emerson, Trans. Austin:University of Texas Press,
1931/1981.
[22] DRF, School-Community Partnership in Education: A Programme of
PESLE, Hyderabad, 2006.
[23] Kumar, Krishna, "Partners in Education?" Economic & Political Weekly,
2008, vol. XLIII, pp. 8-11, 2008.
[24] Sen, A., "The possibility of social choice", in Capabilities, Freedom and
Equality: Amartya Sen-s Work from a Gender Perspective, Bina
Aggarwal, Ed. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.369-419, 2006.
[25] Giroux, H., "Crossing the boundaries of educational discourse:
Modernism, post-modernism and feminism", in Education, Economy
and Society, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 113-130, 1997.
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have been constructed for realizing full and meaningful participation
of common people in education. These participatory spaces provide
an alternative possibility for universalizing elementary education
against the backdrop of a history of entrenched forms of social and
economical exclusion; inequitable education provisions; and
shrinking role of the state in today-s neo-liberal times. Drawing on
case-studies of bottom-up approaches to school governance, the study
examines an array of innovative ways through which poor people
gained a sense of identity and agency by evolving indigenous
solutions to issues regarding schooling of their children. In the
process, state-s institutions and practices became more accountable
and responsive to educational concerns of the marginalized people.
The deliberative participation emerged as an active way of
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