Planned Education can only devise and mould the contemporary society in desired setting and train the people to meet the current challenges. Which sort of education can be more beneficial and suitable for the contemporary society? Conventional or some specifically modern? This work is designed keeping in view this problem. All aspects of education arc given emphatic scientific treatment. Efforts are made to incorporate latest research in the concerned field. The Encyclopaedia of Education for 21st Century has been created to provide access to information about contemporary topics in education. Practitioners and students at all levels in education need to know what is happening today, in addition to historical treatment within the literature. One of the significant features of each chapter is the inclusion of specific programmes, projects and activities so that the researcher can locate the required literature. The encyclopaedia will be of immense use to graduate and post graduate students in education besides teachers in pedagogical institutes, administrators, librarians and policy planners.

Dr. S. Venkataiah is a product of Osmania University, Hyderabad . He has had a brilliant academic record, winning honours and awards in India and abroad. Dr. Venkataiah is the author of many scientific papers published in reputed Indian as well as Foreign periodicals. For the past 15 years he has been writing on curriculum development and its allied issues. As an academician his contribution to the field of education is widely acclaimed.