Education – Page 4

Education Imperialism

Indian Education System in the Age of Liberalization, Privatization, Globalization

KinjalDecember 30, 2024January 30, 2025

The world economy today is largely governed by neoliberal socio-economic policies of Liberalization, Privatization, and Globalization (LPG). India surrendered to the World Bank-IMF led cartel of global financial institutions in...

Education

The Right to Education: Luxury or Necessity?

SaniyaDecember 1, 2024February 18, 2026

Education in Karnataka has been getting increasingly inaccessible, with reduced government investments, high dropout rates, teacher shortages, and inadequate infrastructure being recurrent issues. Students from elementary schools to degree colleges...

Education Science

Insidious Exclusions- Fate of Science in the Age of Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskars

SushantNovember 27, 2024December 27, 2024

Since coming to power in 2014 the BJP with the ideological backing of RSS has continuously attacked scientific institutions and scientific temperament and is trying to use science and scientists...

Education

Karnataka Government Fumbles and Stumbles

AratrikaOctober 21, 2024November 21, 2024

Recently, the Karnataka Public Service Commission conducted the Gazetted Probationers’ exam to recruit 350 probationary officers for gazetted positions in Karnataka. Almost 130,000 candidates sat for the exam out of...

Education Struggles and Movements

Student Council Elections – A Step in the Right Direction?

Students of APUSeptember 9, 2024October 10, 2024

Azim Premji University will be holding student council elections for the first time since they have moved to the Sarjapura campus. These council elections follow years of students demanding representation...

Education Struggles and Movements

Why Do We Need a State Education Policy?

SushantSeptember 9, 2024November 26, 2024

Reject NEP! In July 2020, the Government of India introduced the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which is widely deemed as a tool to damage the country's education system. NEP...

Education Struggles and Movements

The July Uprising in Bangladesh

SoumenSeptember 9, 2024October 10, 2024

Our neighbouring state of Bangladesh is passing through a historic juncture. The whole of Bangladesh witnessed a vigorous student movement during June-July demanding reform of the quota system in government...

Education Gender

Co-ed Catastrophe: How a Pursuit of Profit by an Undemocratic Management has Impacted Students at MCC

students of MCCAugust 16, 2024October 16, 2024

On the 4th of January this year, Mount Carmel College declared its decision, through an Instagram post, to transform from a women's college to a coeducational institution starting from the...

EDITORIAL Education Struggles and Movements

Budget 2024: Crises Continue in Education and Employment

adminAugust 15, 2024October 15, 2024

The Modi government's 2024 Union Budget prioritizes corporate interests over public welfare. It claims to focus on shifting attention from fiscal deficit to debt-to-GDP ratio, but it facilitates a "free...

Education

Our Vision for the State Education Policy

AratrikaAugust 14, 2024October 14, 2024

Last year the Indian National Congress (INC) formed the Karnataka state government with a thumping majority. The multitude of factors that pushed the INC towards this electoral victory have a...