Bring Back Student Unions!
Let them study; certainly let them study. But let them also acquire knowledge about politics and jump into the fray and devote their lives to it, when the need arises....
A Report on Karnataka’s Crumbling Education Sector
Karnataka’s education system, over the past few years, shows the decay of public schools and colleges. Poor results in schools and heavy commercialization of education make clear how the government’s...
All India Students’ Association Strongly Condemns the Poor Facilities and Zero Privacy in Bengaluru’s State-run Hostels
This exposes the state government's carelessness and their lack of commitment towards the students of the marginalized communities. In a surprise visit by Lokayukta teams to 34 state-run boys' and...
Anatomy of Deception
(A Curious case of LMS and delay in the appointment of Guest Faculties in Government First Degree Colleges of Karnataka) The education system, an institutionalized classifier… transforms social classifications into...
What Does the Karnataka State Education Policy Promise?
On August 8th, the principal features of the Karnataka State Education Policy were presented to the public through a press note. It states that the committee was formed in October,...
NCERT Textbook Revisions: Learning through a Saffron Lens
History is the raw material for nationalist or ethnic or fundamentalist ideologies, as poppies are the raw material for heroin addiction. The past is an essential element, perhaps the essential...
Education Now a Luxury
A dark cloud looms over the parents of Bengaluru this academic year as they struggle to pay the exorbitant fees charged by private institutions; only to pay even more as...
UPDATES ON STUDENT MOVEMENTS
Bengaluru B.Ed Students Protest Over Hall Tickets In Bengaluru, over 100 B.Ed students, protested against Sri Vishnu Vocational Studies (SVVS) for allegedly misrepresenting its affiliation with Bangalore University. Students claimed...
A Tale of Insecurity: Anti Intellectualism, Caste, Class, Capitalism—and the Slow Death of the Humanities
In today’s world, where science and technology are advancing rapidly, many people seem to dislike deep thinking, especially in subjects like literature, philosophy, or sociology. This attitude—called anti-intellectualism—is not just...
Crisis in Government Hostels in Karnataka
Despite being the hub of abundant international investments, and lavish privatisation of the education sector, there is a severe crisis in the government-run hostels for students, all across Karnataka. Ironically,...