GLOBALISATION is today being hawked as a new idea. But in fact, over 70 years ago, the idea was advanced by Mahatma Gandhi as the ‘Economic Constitution of the World
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Private-public divides
DEBATES about the perceived crisis in higher education are structured by a tension between questions of accessibility and a concern for quality. While many may agree that there is a crisis, there is considerable disagreement about the nature of this crisis and its solutions. The privatization of higher education is offered as one solution to the crisis.
हम किसी से काम नहीं
The great Indian tradition
THE Yashpal Committee went around the country a few years ago to elicit peoples ’ perceptions of the problem of curriculum burden, following the great Indian tradition of janapada mataanveshana. As a research assistant to the committee, I too talked to teachers and educators in several parts of the country to try and understand how they perceived the problem. One common opinion I heard was that,yes,there is a load,but that it is also necessary:'We have to catch up with the world and be prepared for the twenty-first century.’
Common curriculum for a democracy?
IF a curriculum can be viewed as a master plan of what knowledge is considered worthy of passing on to the next generation, then it embodies a vision of the future. As such, a curricular vision is a deeply political exercise. When a nation state which is unable to provide even primary education to all its citizens after nearly 53 years of independence, embarks on a curriculum-making exercise on behalf of a much fissured and fractured national community, the political nature of the exercise necessarily causes anxiety.
Bharitya Bahusanskriti ki Rajasthan ki “Samajshastra” ki kitab se doori
History at the madrasas
HISTORY in Madrasa Jamia Irfaniya*: It is class 8, a class of some 40 young men. They are sitting on benches and not on daris, only about four in the stereotypical caps, all looking smart and modern. And they are open. On my arrival, they get over their smiling and staring quickly and then ignore me and get on with their work.
मेरा पन्ना
Encouraging private initiatives
THE legacy and experience of educational development in different countries varies according to the political background, culture and religion of the people, and economic means and objectives. The first state in the world to institutionalize education for its citizens was Greece. Greek citizens sent their sons to schools upto the age of 14 and attained near total male literacy as early as the 5th century BC. The goal was political, to secure a republican form of government through an elitist citizenry.
Educating the architect
THERE is an urgent need to reform architectural education, yet no one is fully aware of the problem – not policy-makers, teachers, architects and, understandably, not students. There is periodic talk about improving the quality of teachers, course content or infrastructure, but no one is willing to confront the crux of the problem – the structure of the educational system itself.