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Title:

The Dynamics of Illiteracy Formation in India

Subject and Keywords:

illiteracy   India   education   Dalits   educational policy

Abstract:

India is one of the fastest growing countries in the world. At the sametime, there are 272, 700, 941 illiterate people in India, most of who mare marginalized by factors such as poverty, gender, disability, and caste. Children are often forgotten, remaining invisible in the strictly hierarchical Indian society. Access to education reserved for the highest castes has led to marginalization of the lowest castes, especially untouchable Dalits. This paper deals with illiteracy in India, its causes and the barriers to overcoming it that lie within the society. The aim is to inform the reader about the problem of discriminationin education which leads to illiteracy.

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Publisher:

Instytut Pedagogiki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

Date issued:

2022

Resource Type:

text

Detailed Type:

chapter

Identifier:

doi:10.34616/145449   ISBN 978-83-62618-71-2

Language:

eng

Access rights:

Attribution, ShareAlike

License:

Creative Commons - Attribution, ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Autor opisu:

z.m.