Synopsis Education is fundamental to all-round development of human potential-material and spiritual. It refines sensitivities and perceptions that contribute to national cohesion, a scientific temper and independence of mind and spirit, thus furthering the goal of socialism, secularism and democracy enshrined in our Constitution. Education develops manpower for different levels of economy and empowers the poor masses to become self-reliant enough to participate, in the process of national development. Education is thus an instrument for developing an economically prosperous society and for ensuring equity and social justice. The emerging trends in the field of primary education is well-portrayed in the present book. Students, scholars and teachers besides academicians, administrators and policy-planners will be benefited immensely by the contents of this work.