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Pankaj Das is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Allahabad, India. He has completed a Master's in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics and a PhD in Education from the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi. Additionally, he has received training in educational policy and planning during his M.Phil at the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) in New Delhi. Prior to joining the University of Allahabad, he has also rich experience teaching the B.Ed. and B.El.Ed. Programmes at the University of Delhi. His research area spans the sociology of education, gendered education, child rights, tribal education, and educational policies in India.

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This book delves into the socialisation process of girls in the family, community, and school. Through extensive fieldwork in selected tribal, rural areas of Odisha, it carefully explores the disempowering process of socialisation on schooling and dropping out among tribal, other backward classes, and scheduled caste girls.

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Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Perspectives on girls' schooling: A policy discourse 3. Engaging with the participants: Exploring the field 4. Social "positioning" of school-age girls: Children's and teachers' perspectives 5. Social process of girls' schooling: Parents' and community's perspectives 6. Exploring the dropout process 7. Conclusion References