Education Policy--- A Tribune Debate
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090722/edit.htm#6 Education Policy — A Tribune Debate Another way to teach Children must learn without stress by Manish Jain More than any of the specific policy proposals, Kapil Sibal’s willingness to open a national dialogue on education outside the halls of elite commissions is to be lauded. Equally important is the tacit admission of a dirty little secret of educationists: the education system does not serve the learning needs of the vast majority of Indians. Nor does it serve the holistic development needs of local communities. As climate change and economic collapse loom before our generation, this is indeed a welcome opportunity to rethink some of the assumptions that have defined the framework of schooling until now, such as: monoculture, fragmented disciplines, competition, compulsion and authoritarianism. Everyone already agrees that government schools in villages are in bad shape. What will make this round of dialogue interesting is if we o