Tag: education policies in India
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Examining the Education and Teaching Sector in India from the Lens of a UNESCO Report
The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has again brought to light the lengthy debate and discourse on the need for enhanced policies to improve our educational system. A report by UNESCO, namely ‘No Teacher, No Class: State of the Education Report for India 2021’, discusses the various facets and spheres of India’s teaching and educational…
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Reinventing Educational Approaches: The Shift in Indian Teaching Pedagogy
India has seen a long tradition of rote memorization as the primary teaching pedagogy, the first instances of which come across in the ancient gurukuls of the Vedic period. Furthermore, the pedagogy had been teacher-based. According to this learning system, the disciples of a particular guru or teacher would stay with him to learn by…
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Taking a Second Look: Implication of Education being a State List Subject
Education features as the joint responsibility of the Union and the States in the Indian Constitution. This joint responsibility is complex, to say the least, and has been the subject of debate spanning several decades now. What lies at the root of this complexity is the tussle between States exercising their individual autonomy in making…