CMYK CMYK CMYK CMYK About the Book This book covers a wide range of topics in School Management and Issues in Education. The school management, related and presented ten units such as; Management, Administration, and Organization – Definition and their interrelationship; Administration Structure of Education in India with Special Reference to Andhra Pradesh; Educational Management – Concept, Definition, Aims, Scope, Functions and Characteristics; Schools as an Organization; Head of the Organization – Different Roles; Teacher – Qualities and Competencies; Teacher Education; Universalisation of Secondary Education; Equity and Equality in Education; Quality in Education; Population Education and Environmental Education. The concepts presented in this book will be of much use to the School administrators / managers, principals, teacher educators, teacher trainees at B.Ed & M.Ed levels, and other personnel involved in Primary and secondary education to achieve the objectives of school education in particular and education in general. About the Authors Dr. G. Lokanadha Reddy, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. in Adult Education and P.G. Diploma in Statistics in S.V. University; B.Ed. and M.A. Psychology from Annamalai University; M.Ed. and M.A. Journalism and Mass Communication from Madurai Kamraj University. Apart from multidisciplinary academic background, he has varied experience in the field of Education i.e. Assistant Director of Adult Education at Gandhigram Rural University and for about 20 years as faculty member in the Department of Education, Alagappa University. He also worked as a Professor and Head in the Department of Education, Periyar University and presently, he is Professor and Dean/Head, School of Education and HRD, Dravidian University. His research interests and contribution are in Education, Special Education, Inclusive Education, Disability Studies and Adult Education. Dr. Vanaja, M., a post graduate in Science Education, completed her Doctoral work as UGC JRF in Education and is currently working as an Associate Professor, Dept. of Education and Training, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. Prior to this, she worked in Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur and IASE, S.V. University, Tirupati, teaching Physical Science Methodology to B.Ed. students and Research Methodology and to M.Ed. Students. She has authored more than 12 books on Education. To her credit she has 25 research papers in National and International Journals/ Edited books and presented 40 research papers in International and National Seminars/Conferences/Workshops. She has guided 6 Scholars for their doctoral and 20 for their M.Phil. Degrees in Education. 6 Ph.D. Scholars are pursuing their research work under her guidance. Kadem Srinivas is a Research Scholar, pursuing Doctoral Degree in Education from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. He has Master’s Degrees in Philosophy and Zoology and also a Master’s Degree in Education, from Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Mysore and has been qualified in UGC-NET in Education. His areas of interest are Teacher Education, Philosophy of Education and Science Education. He has written few books on Education and Science Education. 9788183 165129 ISBN: 978-81-8316-512-9 www.neelkamalbooks.com