N.V. Varghese is Vice Chancellor of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi. He is the Chief Editor of the Journal for Educational Planning and Administration. He has directed several national and international research projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and CIS region. He has published major works in educational planning, financing and higher education.

Anjana Mangalagiri is an educationist and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi. She served as UNICEF's Chief of Education in several countries and is the Country Representative of the online network on the South Asia Forum of Early Childhood Development Professionals. She has worked extensively in the areas of children's rights, educational policy and planning at national and international levels, and a strong advocate of equity, cross-sectoral and gender sensitive approaches in education and development.

A. Mathew is in-charge of the Digital Archives of Education Documents, NIEPA. He was a National Fellow, NIEPA and an ICSSR Senior Fellow. He is actively engaged in the field of educational research, writings and publications for over four decades, on elementary education, Education for All, Adult and Non-formal Education, educational developments in historical perspectives and the study of state policies in Higher Education in southern states and Maharashtra.

Introduction Section 1: Deconstructing Inclusion, Quality and Learning 1. Quality, Inclusion and Equality in Education - The Elusive Triad Revisited 2. How do Students Perform at school-level? A Cross Sectional Analysis at National level 3. Adolescent Children- Angst to Complete Secondary School Education: A Perspective 4. Adult Learning and Education in and post-Covid-19 Times 5. The Significance of Medium of Instruction in the Schooling of Disadvantaged MuslimsSection 2: 6. Mapping Gender in School Education at Primary Level in India 7. Equity in Access and Learning: A Way Forward for Secondary Education in India Section 3: 9. Persisting Challenge of Contract Teachers in Government Schools of India 10. Principal's Leadership Role in Mapping Synergies for School Improvement: Reflections from Policies and Researches 11. Towards a Framework for Effective School Management: Diverse Partnerships for Quality Inclusive Education Section 4: 12. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: Planning a National Education System in the 1950s. 13. The The Drivers and Inhibitors of EFA - Policy Change and Implementation in Ghana and India 14. Privatisation and Commercialisation of Higher Education: The Caste and Politics Nexus in State Policies 15. Rethinking the Undergraduate Degree: Insights from Educational Reform Experience in India 16. Looking at Education through a Binary Lens: Challenges and Alternatives Section 5: 17. Cultural Dilemma and How it Affects Education: A Personal Journey Section 6: Epilogue A Window onto Prof. Govinda's Tryst with Education