Entre tensions et souplesse : le grand écart spatial dans la diffusion de l’enseignement préscolaire au Tamil Nadu (Inde du sud)

Abstract

Drawing on fieldwork research in 2013 and 2014, this article focuses on the processes which engender a widespread dissemination of preschooling in South India. The preschool sector presents originality, due to the wide variety of players involved and their challenges. It aims to understand the socio-spatial consequences of the success of preschool with families and institutions. The repositioning of the Government is interesting, it was initiator since 1975 of a preschooling project for children from the poorest families and now it facing a the multiplicity of responses.

Keywords

• India
• Preschooling
• Education
• Middle classes
• Tamil Nadu