pedagogy

Buddhapal Dumane, Bhavna Shahare In India, people prefer private preschools over government-run anganwadis. This reflects divides based on caste, gender, income, and culture. The shift to English-medium options, which are often unaffordable for low-income families, perpetuates inequalities. The ASER 2023 report indicates that private setups achieve better learning outcomes despite gaps in foundational skills. This …

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Classroom or Caste room: My Experiences in a Premier Educational Institution

by rti_adminon November 9, 2022March 20, 202351

Reena Dongre Yes, India is a country with diverse cultures, religions, classes, castes, communities, and so on, this diversity itself is the reason for discrimination. Caste plays a vital role in one’s condition within India at every stage: educational, financial and social status.

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A Long Overdue Love Letter to Millennial Savarna MBAs & their Technobabble

by rti_adminon November 5, 2022March 20, 202335

Ravikant Kisana A Long Overdue Love Letter to the Mediocrity of the Millennial Savarna MBAs & their Feckless Technobabble There was a time in the early 2000s when tired of decades of stagnant economic growth, claustrophobic wholesale markets and bureaucratic sarkaari offices staffed with unambitious professionals of legendary inefficiency—the savarna middle class in India wholeheartedly …

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Caste In School Education

by rti_adminon August 20, 2022March 20, 202375

Pabitra Saha The diversity of society in India plays an important role in the assumptions of any theory when we are living in social, economic, political, and cultural hierarchies. The understanding of freedom, dignity, self-esteem, etc. must be seen in the context of Indian society, where these are absent in the unprivileged, marginalized, deprived society. …

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Storming Libraries, ‘Achhe Din’ and the New Education Policy

by rti_adminon August 4, 2020March 20, 20237

N Sukumar and Shailaja Menon The NEP 2020 has been rolled out amidst the Corona pandemic with the grandiose dreams of unleashing India’s potential as a world teacher (Vishwaguru). Ironically, a few months back police stormed the library of Jamia Millia Islamia, thrashed students and vandalized the reading space. No one knows when the culprits …

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Brahmanical Hegemony in Knowledge Production and Pedagogy

by rti_adminon March 26, 2018March 20, 20233

Tejaswini Tabhane Famous Indian Sociologist, André Béteille, writes a thick book on Indian Higher Education — Universities at the Crossroads. Therein, he does not mention much about caste. The only point where he brings out the issue of caste is when he discusses the poor performance of state universities and one reason he gives …

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Exiling Intellectuals: From HCU to JNU

by rti_adminon January 13, 2017March 20, 20230

N Sukumar & Shailaja Menon In 1962, Paulo Freire created culture circles in Northeastern Brazil to support 300 sugarcane workers to teach each other how to read the word and their world in 45 days, which enabled them to register to vote. These Culture Circles that began with Sugar Cane workers, catalyzed thousands more. Each …

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Ambedkar does not need to be rescued

by rti_adminon May 18, 2016March 20, 20230

Nilesh Kumar Introduction This year, the nation is celebrating Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s 125th Birth Anniversary. Dalits, Ambedkarite groups, non-governmental organizations largely run by Dalits, international bodies like United Nations (UN), some national and international universities, political parties like Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), Hindu organisations like Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS), Congress, the various state …

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Place and Time… Not a Single Story

by rti_adminon March 10, 2016March 20, 20230

Noel Didla Recently, I was asked to be a panelist at a policy conference. I seldom participate in conferences when invited because I’m a Dalit who’s part of a black cooperative community. I believe my living and growing in this community is a conscious, lifelong commitment that is not to be tokenized by anyone. …