The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, produced over formulation process of five years, may have not been put to a Parliamentary debate (which it should have been), qualifies for being one of the biggest achievements of the BJP-led NDA government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. NEP 2020, has in fact, done the same that economic liberalization of 1990s did …
The shocking news of death of Mohammed Abdul Arfath, a 25-yearold student from Hyderabad studying in Cleveland, US is the 11th Indian student reported to have died in first four months of this year. While the cause of these deaths doesn’t point to a pattern, still the number is high enough to draw worrying inferences. An analysis by the Foundation …
Part I Politically speaking, education has been and continues be, both traditionally and logically, the best means of propagating an ideology. So, every ideology has its idea of how to use education to its advantage. Everybody— from left, right and centre—in fact, sees education as a project of social engineering and also a movement engine. After independence, India like most …
By Aditya Malik In the dynamic realm of education, lot has changed over the past four years in particular. COVID-19 pandemic, brought unprecedented disruptions and forced educational institutions worldwide to rapidly adapt to remote learning, hybrid models, and now the world of education is ever-changed while reimagination of the entire process is still in progress. Then our country also rolled …
Autar Nehru ‘Art of the possible’ idea of politics given by German statesman, Otto von Bismarck in a way holds true for the Indian state’s approach and treatment of school education. Nothing illustrates this better than the journey and status of the Right to Education. Instead of idealism, it has rather followed pragmatism and encouraged or even added to a …
By Nien Siao, Dean, JS Institute of Design, New Delhi These days, Indian high school graduates are quite familiar with the digital design industry. In fact, many of them are more up-to-date on the latest trends compared to students from previous decades. With the number of design colleges growing in the country and increasing opportunities for studying abroad, it’s no …
