Activising the Activist Girja Sharan From Development Worker to Activist: A Case Study in Participatory Training by Desmond A D'Abero; published by Margaret Abero, DEEDS, Mangalore, 1983; pp x + 325, Rs 35.
An Experiment in Ahmedabad Girja Sharan The formal education system has registered impressive growth since independence. But a mere increase in gross enrolment figures or development of physical facilities can only be a crude measure of expansion of education. Improvement of educational standards, or even removal of illiteracy, cannot be ensured by mere increased allocations; what is crucial is innovative experimentation in areas of pedagogy.