Tag: SCHOOL
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Suicides Remind Us of the Urgency of Educational Reformation
EDUCATION
It is shocking to note that 49 children have committed suicide from 2013-2017 at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas for a series of issues like family problems, unrequited love, depression among others.
What Sort of Schools Are You Searching For, Dear Parents?
EDUCATION
As the anxiety over children's admission into nursery classes becomes infectious, the author appeals to the parents to reflect on the 'goodness' of 'good' schools.
Doubling Up as Sanitation Workers: Children Lose Precious Time in Government Schools
Despite nationwide education and cleanliness campaigns, the pathetic sanitation scenario in most government schools across rural India is a reminder that in the absence of basic sanitation facilities, it is the students who double up as sanitation workers losing out on precious time.
Eggs in Mid-Day Meals amid Assertive Food Politics
POLITICS OF FOOD
The debate over whether mid-day meals should be vegetarian or non-vegetarian has become part of the larger politics around food in the nation. The Odisha government plans to serve eggs as part of the mid-day meal but will it receive a national resistance?
The Burden of Schooling Twenty Five Years after the Yashpal Report
Education & Policy | To reduce the burden of school bags, we must rethink the very agenda of schooling.
Mid-day Meal Scheme and the Falsity of Statist Bureaucracy
Mid-day Meal Scheme
The negligence and state apathy shown towards the mid-day meal scheme was recently brought to light when five states were fined by the Supreme Court for not meeting the benchmark.
No Twitter, No MeToo: What about the Girls of Supaul?
GENDER
The students at Katurba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Bihar were recently beaten up as they resisted lewd comment from boys from a neighbourhood school. The resistance of sexual atrocity was dealt with sadist masculinity only to prove the tremendously long path that we have to traverse as a society.
When an Illiterate Fruit Seller Built a School: Dreams amidst Hard Times
EXPLORATION
In the outskirts of Mangalore, an illiterate fruit seller dedicated his time and savings to build up the only school in his village that not only promised the light of education to many but also became the symbol of people’s agency.
Hindus and Muslims Belong Together: Why Our Schools Don’t Understand
At a school in Wazirabad, Hindus and Muslims compose two different sections; amidst an already fractured national consciousness has schooling failed its inclusive purpose?
Ananya Pathak
Finding True Education beyond Literacy
Education is more than the acquisition of knowledge and a set of skills, education should enable an individual to live a meaningful life and contribute to the nurturance of the greater good of society as a holistic enterprise.
Upasana Kapur
