To begin with, I must say that the fact that we are discussing EWS and access in school etc., is a reflection of the way in which discourses get shaped and defined. It would seem politically incorrect in a liberal framework to reject such a provision on the grounds that it does not allow us… Read More Inequality in School Education: Are we Asking Right Questions
Delhi University assured the High Court of Delhi on 19th September 2012 that “The university is committed to implementation of the biometric system.” The reply of the Delhi University further stated “After the implementation of the sixth pay commission, the teachers have lucrative pay packages and are expected to fully justify the trust and… Read More University Administration Echoes Desires of Capital
Abstract A Common School System (CSS) had been a long-standing demand in Indian educational discourse since it was recommended in 1966 by the Education Commission. Those who saw the state as an agency of welfarism invoked its implementation on the grounds that it would have allowed equity in education and would have taken care of… Read More Imagining a Socialist, Democratic and Secular Society through Possibilities of a Common School System in India
Publication Announcement The Crisis of Elementary Education in India (Sage: New Delhi, 2006) http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book230629 Contents Introduction – RAVI KUMAR Equality, Quality and Quantity – The Challenges of Education in India Dilution, Distortion and Diversion – ANIL SADGOPAL A Post-Jomtien Reflection on Education Policy: Child Rights to Elementary Education – VASUDHA DHAGMWAR National and International Provisions:… Read More The Crisis of Elementary Education in India
That the instruments of imparting education extend beyond the classical notions of classroom learning is a fact few can disagree with today. It is, however, not enough to realise that the process of educating a human being transcends the limited universe of whatever form of formalised institution of teaching-learning transactions and is finally linked to… Read More Neoliberalism, Education and the Politics of Capital: Searching Possibilities of Resistance
S S Rajagopalan responded to my reflections on Medium of Instruction in the following way through email on 7th November 2010: “In a unilingual State, there is no problem. The language to be learnt and medium of instruction are one and the same. In a multi-lingual State,the Regional Language is the First Language and it… Read More Further Debates on the Medium of Instruction and the Language Question
The Commonwealth Games apart from providing fodder to the sensationalist media has raised more profound questions, which have not been raised with the required sharpness. There are definitely questions about the working conditions of people employed to make this extravaganza a success which will have to be answered not only by the Indian Government but… Read More Commonwealth Games and the Politics of Capital
the counter-narrative 