No Country for Foreign Students
Co-authored by Amrita Singh & Aakanksha Jadhav
Another day, another session of rigorous frisking and mockery in an unknown language. Frederick*, well equipped to enter...
Barbarians at the Feet of Dragons
Written by Philip Deweyi
Introduction: Getting to the core of today’s emerging challenges
In an increasingly complex global economy, rapidly evolving technology forces us to question...
Understanding Maharashtra’s Move to Privatise Education
Researched by Tanvi Mehta
Written by Amrita Singh
If all goes well, Maharashtra’s private school chains may soon be allowed to introduce their own academic boards....
This Seat is Reserved! The Underbelly of Discretionary Quotas in Kendriya Vidyalayas
Researched and Written by Aarathi Ganesan
Last week, Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Prakash Javadekar, along with his predecessor Smriti Irani, came under the...
No-Detention Policy: Boon, Bane or Both?
Written by Amrita Singh
Updated on 15/01/19
The No-Detention Policy (NDP) came into existence due to an alarming increase in the rate of school dropouts, and...
Merging the Marginalized: North East Region and the RTE
India’s North-East Region (NER) is a long belt of eight states ─ Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. Each state...
Monitoring the Right to Education: Who Does What?
On 1st April 2010, The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) was passed by the UPA government, making primary education a fundamental...
The Africanization of Education: South Africa’s Attempt to Turn Colonial Tables
Colonialism was largely spurred by a monarchic race for resources, labour and territory. In hindsight, the brutal colonial exploitation of resource-rich Africa seemed inevitable....
Inclusion of the Margins – Primary and Secondary Education for the Disabled in India
In 1995, the Indian legislature passed the Persons with Disabilities Act (PwD), ushering in a new conception of institutional support for children with disabilities....
Educating India’s Daughter: Has the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana Worked?
Structural and socio-cultural limitations entrenched in modern India have prevented innumerable young girls from attending school across the country. Lack of access to education...