| Autor: |
Kumar, Avinash, Hashmi, Nazia Iqbal |
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IASSI Quarterly; Jan-Mar2019, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p89-107, 19p |
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Caste for a long time has determined the educational attainment of an individual belonging to specific castes. But even today, people belonging to lower castes are discriminated against and are not given equal opportunities to attain education. Women and people belonging to the lower caste have been historically denied the access to education and even after 60 years of independence and abolishment of untouchability, the lower caste such as Scheduled Castes, OBCs and Scheduled Tribes lag far behind the Brahmins and other forward castes in educational attainment. This paper shows the disparity that exists in the attainment of education (primary, secondary or higher education) among different castes. Using the India Human Development Survey-II (IHDS-II), 2011-12, the paper tries to show the unequal level of educational attainment of households belonging to different castes. The paper brings out the state-wise analysis of disparity that exists in access to education by different castes and also shows the disparity that exists in access to education between men and women of the same caste. It is evident from the analysis of the IHDS-II (2011-12) dataset that, even after so many years of implementation of reservation policies for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the field of education, disparity still exists among different Castes with a significant gap between them. It is quite clear that the caste hierarchy and stratification is embedded in the Indian society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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