Tag: Education
When its more Prestigious to be a ‘Cow’ than a Student of an Indian...
While students of public universities have no hostels to live in, the government plans to build more hostels for cows.
Jiddu Krishnamurti’s Educational Ideal: Vision and Practice
Here is a book that enriches our understanding of the process of implementation of Krishnamurti's educational ideals.
Dropout Rate/Arunachal Pradesh Refurbishes ‘Old’ Bus to ‘Vibrant’ Classroom
Lohit district in Arunachal Pradesh has converted an old bus into a vibrant classroom, students are now motivated to come to school.
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.
Destroying Minds, Destroying Creativity
Even if we feel proud of our 'publications' and 'expertise', the fact is that the prevalent practice of higher education has destroyed our creativity and life-affirming energy.
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.
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.
Rohingya / Rahima Akter Hasn’t Stopped Dreaming, Even When She is Rohingya
Rahima Akter’s story is about the deteriorating plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s Cox Bazar.
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.
