Beyond Universal Education
The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves –Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan The building blocks of a nation are the citizens of its tomorrow. The way these seeds will sprout will always...
View ArticleJohn Dewey in the 21st Century: Philosopher and Educational Reformer
“Education is not preparation for life, education is life itself”- John Dewey John Dewey was an American Philosopher and educator, founder of the philosophical movement known as Pragmatism, a pioneer...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong With Our Education System And How Can We Change It!
It’s exam time in India. A time of deep tension for students and parents. All that you’ve learnt in a year will have to reproduced in a two hour written exam and the student will be assessed by what...
View ArticleLowering Standards: Australian Universities, English Requirements and Student...
There are no protests on the streets and no effigies of university officials being burned by protesting students today. There are no protests outside the officers of the over-remunerated Vice...
View ArticlePrivate Interest Masquerading As Policy Critique
Co-Written by Sandeep Pandey and Praveen Srivastava Geeta Gandhi Kingdon, Professor of Education Economics at University College London and President of City Montessori School Lucknow has critiqued the...
View ArticleTaming the activist within: Role of Indian society, media and education
Most of us are not stoics yet. Injustice caused to us evokes strong reactions and whenever we feel empowered enough to effect a change in our circumstances, we do. The critical element here is the...
View ArticleIs the Indian School Education system prepared for the future?
With the increasing pace of technological advances and globalisation rapidly taking over, India is all set to become the next hub for economic growth. Adding to this is a young population with an...
View ArticleRight to Education- Just a phrase for textbooks?
“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” – Kofi Annan According to the Right to Education act, “Every child within the...
View ArticleHigher Secondary Education in Malabar Districts of Kerala to Suffer
Academic year of 2019 – 20 begun in June – July. Multiple educational reforms are implemented by state and central governments in India. Kerala is inter alia a topper state in India in respect of...
View ArticleThe Quest For an Ideal Teacher
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Ideal teacher could be somebody who has empathy,...
View ArticleThe fact-check on RTE Implementation in Odisha
The recent news of the primary school of Bhulia village under Bhawanipatna Block in Kalahandi District of Odisha has raised the concern of many as the children of this schools are being taught beneath...
View ArticleEducation Crisis Must Not Be Forgotten In A Health Crisis
Special spittoons… “not to spit inside public buildings or outdoor spaces”…was never been the regular behavior of an American until the War on Tuberculosis impacted the community at the end of 19th...
View ArticleEducation of the masses in times of Covid
With the schools and colleges being shut due to the covid-19 pandemic the respective ministry and departments have advised the institutions to ask teachers to keep engaging students academically...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and Online Teaching: Challenges for the Inclusion of Disabled...
Co-Written by Afaq Ahmad Mir & Zaraq Jahan It is a time when people from every section of the society are talking of a single discourse known globally as Covid-19. This pandemic has spread all...
View ArticleEklavya and Karna: An Understanding of Discrimination of Marginalised in...
Mahabharata and Ramayana are considered as biggest epics (Mahakavya) of India are again in popular discussion with the repeat telecast of serials on Doordarshan amid Covid-19 crisis. Those who have...
View ArticleIndian Education In Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown
Amid an unprecedented corona virus crisis across the world, in India, a discussion about online education has now acquired paramount importance in terms of reliance on imparting knowledge virtually,...
View ArticleNo Tea, Only Talk: The ‘Missing’ Interactions in the Digital Space
The unprecedented situation that the global community faces in the wake of Corona induced pandemic and the fear, panic, isolation and uncertainty that it has brought with it, has left many wondering...
View ArticleLearning During The Pandemic
India has started Lockdown 4.0 with dismal numbers. We are already over 1 lakh cases, and as much as NITI Aayog would predict otherwise, the slump in cases is yet to come. A large part of the country’s...
View ArticleEducation in the time of Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is seen as a ‘useful crisis’ in which to transform the economy. Yet the university system has not received any such ‘stimulus’ of fresh ways of thinking about education. While...
View ArticleLives In Education
Human history as cultural history We need to reform our teaching of history so that the emphasis will be placed on the gradual growth of human culture and knowledge, a growth to which all nations and...
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