Tag: Education

Maulana Azad, freedom fighter and India’s first Education Minister removed from NCERT textbook

Authors of the revised Class 11 political science textbook have also deleted the fact that Jammu and Kashmir had acceded to India on the basis of a promise that the State would remain autonomous. MAITRI PORECHA He was a freedom fighter and India’s first Education Minister, but any mention of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad has… Read More Maulana Azad, freedom fighter and India’s first Education Minister removed from NCERT textbook

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Avay Shukla: ‘A rose by any other name..’ really?

William Shakespeare (aka William Sexpeare in Waste Bengal) had got most things right, especially when it came to portraying the seven deadly sins, as per their revised version in India’s Amritkaal. Whether it was “honour killing” in Othello or “love jihad” (by Romeo, naturally, trying to entice a Capulet to become a Montague) in Romeo… Read More Avay Shukla: ‘A rose by any other name..’ really?

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Public statement of historians on changes in school History textbooks of the NCERT

Respected colleagues,  In the light of the deletions of several crucial themes from school textbooks produced by the NCERT, the following statement has been drafted. You would agree that the entire “rationalization” of textbooks is a process that is questionable and one which has wrongly excluded the informed opinion and expertise of the actual community of… Read More Public statement of historians on changes in school History textbooks of the NCERT

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In Delhi’s Women’s Colleges, victims not perpetrators pay for harassment, say students. 1100 ex-students & teachers seek apology

Sagarika Chaudhary Indraprastha College for Women, which is part of the Delhi University, was in the news recently after students reported that several men had entered the campus by scaling walls and made the women feel severely uncomfortable with their sloganeering, catcalling and harassment during day two of the annual fest on March 28. Students… Read More In Delhi’s Women’s Colleges, victims not perpetrators pay for harassment, say students. 1100 ex-students & teachers seek apology

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The Figure of Socrates and its Significance for Liberal Education in Asia

NB: An interesting essay. However, Heyking seems to conflate China and ‘Asia’. DS John von Heyking In order to cut through the two false alternatives – “catch up” and “social harmony” – I appeal to the original figure of Western liberal education, Socrates. Socrates indeed embodies the individual as it has been transmitted throughout the… Read More The Figure of Socrates and its Significance for Liberal Education in Asia

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Alarm grows in Iran over reports that hundreds of schoolgirls were poisoned

Concern is growing in Iran after reports emerged that hundreds of schoolgirls had been poisoned across the country in recent months. On Wednesday, Iran’s semi-official Mehr News reported that Shahriar Heydari, a member of Parliament, cited an unnamed “reliable source” in saying that “nearly 900 students” from across the country had been poisoned so far. The first… Read More Alarm grows in Iran over reports that hundreds of schoolgirls were poisoned

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Periagoge: Liberal Education in the Modern University

John von Heyking Conversation and the “Turning Around of the Soul” One of the common criticisms of the contemporary university is that it lacks individuals unwilling or incapable of conversing. Critics such as Anthony Kronman and Stephen Miller rightly observe that there’s something about contemporary culture and the contemporary university hostile to the arts or… Read More Periagoge: Liberal Education in the Modern University

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