<P>This book surveys the elementary education system in India by exploring its institutional structures, processes and dynamics. It examines state education policy and institutions; public expenditure in education in educationally backward states; examples from the villages and schools; teaching and learning practices; systemic issues framing equity; and implications for the future. </P>
<P>The book will be useful to scholars and researchers in education, sociology, development studies, and public policy. </P>