This book is culmination of a desire to sketch the overall school education system in Kashmir in the light of gigantic process of globalization which has cast its shadow on every aspect of life everywhere from individual life style to national policies and priorities. Kashmir too is witnessing these changes which are documented in the book. Besides, comparing educational inputs of government and private schools in Kashmir an attempt is made to enquire into why education is not a fundamental right in J&K and how educational laws of the state are different from rest of India.

The book is intended to be of immense use for students, research scholars, educationists, civil servants and officials of the Education Department. It will also inculcate an interest among scholars to undertake further such studies in future.

Dr. Mubashir A. Malik is Security Officer of South Campus, University of Kashmir. He did his B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) from A.M.U, Aligarh and LL.M. from Jamia Millia Islamia in 1^st division.  He is Ph. D from G. G. S. Indraprastha University, New Delhi. During his student life he has established a student’s law magazine The Rational and edited its first two issues. He has conducted interviews of Mr. Kapil Sibal and Honourable Justice B. A. Khan for the magazine. Previously he was teaching law at Sopore Law College and University of Kashmir. He has ten publications in international and national journals. Dr. Mubashir writes occasionally in Greater Kashmir, a local daily published in Srinagar, Kashmir.