Context: It is reasonable to plan for school exams in summer, if progress on COVID-19 holds. Should schools reopen for exams, if covid-19 situation improves? Views against opening schools: State board’s stance: State Boards are yet to make up their minds on the schedule for annual examinations and the academic session for next year. Badly… Continue reading Reopening schools for exams
Tag: education
Inequality in education system
Context: Aishwarya Reddy’s death points finger at an education system that turns a blind eye to inequality. Background Recently a young student, Aishwarya Reddy from Lady Shri Ram College, died by suicide. The girl from a poor family took her life due to her inability to buy gadgets required by her to continue her online… Continue reading Inequality in education system
academic freedom index
Context: India’s dull score on the Academic Freedom Index reflects the issues troubling the country’s education system. What were the findings of academic freedom index? India has scored noticeably low in the international Academic Freedom Index (AFI) with a score of 0.352, which is closely followed by Saudi Arabia (0.278) and Libya (0.238). The AFI of India… Continue reading academic freedom index
DBT Scam
Context: Central scholarship scam underlines need to tighten checks and balances in DBT architecture, fix accountability Background An investigation by a newspaper has uncovered a nexus of middlemen, government employees, and bank staff were involved in cheating students from minority communities of a centrally funded scholarship in Jharkhand. It was found that the officials have bypassed… Continue reading DBT Scam
New Education Policy 2020 (NEP) : Complete Analysis
Context: The National Education Policy 2020 underestimates the problem of settling the three systems of education in India. More on news: For education to fulfil its social role, it must respond to the specific setting in which the young are growing up. India has sufficient experience of attempts made from the national level to influence systemic… Continue reading New Education Policy 2020 (NEP) : Complete Analysis
Examining Examinations
Context: Need of an education system that encourages children to question and learn. What are the problems with our current examination system? The cut-throat nature of our examination system celebrates the success of a few and creates unhealthy competition. This leads to an excessive amount of stress in children who are physiologically, psychologically and emotionally… Continue reading Examining Examinations
