This volume by three outstanding scholars in the field of education provides both evidence and analyses of the malfunctions and inequity which underlie South Asia’s school system. It argues for an educational agenda for the region which can contribute to challenging the poverty, inequality, and exclusion which originate in an unjust social order. Its insightful suggestions for remedial action need to be invested with a political economy perspective. The volume should be made mandatory reading not just for education specialists but for development practitioners, policymakers, and political leaders at the national, regional, and global levels.
