<P><EM>Foreword </EM></P><P>R. Govinda</P><P></P><P>Introduction: Mapping the Field of Education Policy Research</P><P><EM>Pradeep Kumar Choudhury and Suresh Babu G.S</EM></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Part I: Equity, Access and Inclusion in School Education</STRONG></P><P>1. Problems of Equity and Access in Education: A Case of School-Merging Policy</P><P><EM>Aysha Malik</EM></P><P>2. Multilingual Education (MLE) for Inclusion: The Case of a Tribal Community</P><P><EM>Lipika Das</EM></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Part II: Women and Minorities in Higher Education</STRONG></P><P>3. Legitimising Patriarchy in the Private Educational System? A Case Study of a Women's University in Rajasthan</P><P><EM>Ravi Shankar and Reenu Ram</EM></P><P>4. The Inclusion of Minorities in the Changing Dynamics of Education</P><P><EM>Chingiz Khan</EM></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Part III: Youth, Urban Marginality and Education: A Contested Terrain</STRONG></P><P>5. Education, Youth and the Labour Market: A Case of Urban Marginalities</P><P><EM>Naomi Prachi Hazarika</EM></P><P>6. Educational Choices of Gujjars in the Urban Peripheries</P><P><EM>Heena Khari</EM></P><P>7. Contesting Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Problems of Language Acquisition</P><P><EM>Anup Kumar Bali</EM></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Part IV: Knowledge and Labour Market: Redefining Skills and Aspirations</STRONG></P><P>8. Higher Education and Knowledge-Based Industries: Understanding Geographical Preferences</P><P><EM>Sumit Kumar</EM></P><P>9. Students' Aspirations for Social Sciences: Explorations from a Field Survey</P><P><EM>Aakriti Saini</EM></P><P>10. Imparting Vocational Education and Training Through Higher Education Institutions: An Integrative Model</P><P><EM>Antara Sengupta and Leena Chandran Wadia</EM></P><P></P>