EDUCATION

Government of NCT of Delhi has introduced the ‘Happiness Curriculum’ to make schools less stressful and much happier spaces for children through mindfulness, storytelling and self-expression. Can such a curriculum percolate to the lived realities of all these children?

Professor Amman Madan is a leading educationist in the country. His recent book on education and modernity is filled with nuanced arguments and sociological sensibilities. With its clarity and lucidity, it engagse the readers. Here is an important excerpt from the text; it raises critical questions relating to the growing commodification of education in our times.

Kerala’s historically consistent top rank in terms of its literacy rate has much to do with a sustained emphasis on democratising education and generating public awareness.

Why does the Puroik community find it increasingly challenging to fight the paternalistic prejudices and social structures that also impact their access to opportunities of social mobility?

The article is based on a qualitative study conducted with middle class parents residing in aglobalizing metropolis, Kolkata;it reflects  on their educational views, aspirations, choicesand anxieties.

Urgent corrective measures are required to counter the Covid-19 induced educational deprivation for millions of poor children.

The following is both a satirical and a humorous experiential account by an LLB student regarding his online classes in the ‘new normal’.

From socialisation to school curriculum, from taboos on sex associated discussions to engaging cross gender interactions, the issues of masculinity and femininity need to be probed into.

AAP government may have done a commendable job at uplifting the face of public schooling in Delhi but its decision to broadcast live CCTV footage from classrooms is a regressive move.