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Beyond Literacy
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (335+ words) There is a question that modern societies rarely ask because they assume they already know the answer. When we celebrate educational progress, what exactly are we celebrating? A truly educated society is not one in which everyone possesses a certificate....
The Crisis of Student-Teacher Relationship in Contemporary Schooling
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (268+ words) However, an important question arises: how much impersonality is desirable when it comes to the teacher'student relationship? Anjali Sidhwani is a Ph D Scholar of Adult education in Jawaharlal Nehru University. She has done her masters in Sociology from University…...
Education Beyond Earnings
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (267+ words) The question facing contemporary education is therefore not whether students should earn good incomes. They should. Economic mobility remains one of education's most important contributions, particularly in developing societies where education often serves as the most reliable pathway out of…...
Indian Knowledge System Under the Scanner
2+ week, 2+ day ago (588+ words) Lastly, there was Radhakrishnan's use of Hegelian metaphor in reinventing the Vedanta as the honoured climax as well as the potential final synthesis of all ancient Indian and modern Western wisdom. Elegantly written and passionately argued, it seems to remain…...
Merit Betrayed: The Human Cost of India's Exam Failures
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1318+ words) When an examination becomes a lottery, meritocracy itself stands indicted. I have been thinking about those silences again as the NEET-UG 2026 controversy unfolds. Because we have been here before. Barely two years ago. For me, this was not merely a…...
From Demographic Dividend to Skill Dividend: India's Inclusive Growth Imperative
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (27+ words) The Promise of India's Young Workforce India is at a crossroads of development. The demographic profile of the country with the median age of approximately 28...
When a Village Wrote Its Children's Future
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (415+ words) An Unforgettable Story of Government Higher Secondary School, Hadmat Sarpanch Walchand Punaji contributed five thousand five hundred and fifty-one rupees, fulfilling his share in this collective effort. He said: "When a community is determined to do something, stand with them....
Toxic dust from the shrinking Salton Sea is harming children's lung growth amid water loss, study finds
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (739+ words) Southern California's Salton Sea was once a'resort playground, with sunny'beaches, celebrities'and people waterskiing on the vast inland lake in the 1950s and '60s. Today, those'resorts are long gone, replaced by a drying and increasingly toxic landscape. As the lake shrinks, wind blowing…...
Risks of Religious Indoctrination of Children
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (197+ words) Bhabani Shankar Nayak is a political commentator On 15 December 2025, after a hectic day of academic exchanges and talks in the morning, followed by sightseeing in the afternoon, my body was exhausted and it was difficult" Ordinary individuals often transcend their…...
Childfree by Choice: Feminism, Freedom, and the Case Against Motherhood
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (661+ words) The first question I'm often asked when being interviewed about my childfree books and activism is: When did you know you never wanted to have children? Was it an epiphany or was it a stance that was brewing in your…...