'This volume comprises a timely and strategic contribution to a field that has so far remained neglected in India despite its crucial importance and role in enabling massive changes to take place without being noticed as such. The use of 'quality' as a term has permitted an alliance to emerge between the state and the market. Readers will find in this volume both conceptual and empirical writings that help to recognize and analyze the 'quality' discourse with pointers to the political economy in which this discourse grew without drawing attention to itself.' - Krishna Kumar, Honorary Professor of Education, Punjab University; Retired Professor, Department of Education, University of Delhi; and former Director, National Council of Educational Research and Training, India 'This is an important book. India's school system is significant for international education debates not only as one of the world's largest but also as a site of many experiments, particularly regarding the roles of markets and states. This collection engages critically and thoughtfully with what is happening in Indian schooling and offers new insights for the international education community.'- Simon McGrath, Professor and Associate Head of School, School of Education University of Nottingham, UK; and UNESCO Chair in the Political Economy of Education 'An exceptionally rich volume that ruthlessly challenges the contemporary concepts and theories that have shaped policy on education in India! Its fresh theorisation and nuanced conceptualisation blends long forgotten philosophical aims of school education and notions of equity in India. Must be read.

' - Shantha Sinha, former Professor, University of Hyderabad; and former Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, India.