Education with Awareness is the Key
The mechanisation and alienation often characteristic of the contemporary education system must be challenged with an education that is premised on awareness.
Worrying Policy-Trends in School Education: Challenges and Dilemmas
For the populace of 490 million children born in India in this new millennium, the majority of whom are poor, the dream and hope of equitable school education continues to elude.
Pedagogy/Relevance of Education from Gandhi, Freire and Dewey’s Perspective
The educational discourse of Gandhi, Freire and Dewey remind us of the multi-faceted debates on the meaning and significance of education in the society.
English as Empowerment? Karnataka’s Answer is Bilingual Classrooms
Karnataka government schools strike balance between Kannada and English as mediums of instruction.
Remembering Gandhi: The Pedagogue
The Gandhian approach to education was one of action and not one of bookish study. This is exemplified in his keeping vocational activities, particularly the making of handicrafts, at the centre of the school curriculum in Nai Talim.
Bringing the Art of Listening Back on the Educational Agenda
The skill of listening attentively is central to education and without cultivating it, dialogue is simply impossible.
Critical Beings or Technocrats: Positivism in Social Science Classrooms
As classrooms becoming distant from realty, students will emerge as technocrats but would fail to embrace a multiplicity socio-cultural perspective.
Can the Government Afford to Ignore Bihar’s Protesting School Teachers?
A protest by school teachers of Bihar for equal pay scales at Jantar Mantar, points to a looming education crisis.
Dramatics as Pedagogy in Classrooms
Dramatics as an important pedagogic tool helps revive the classroom space.
