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A collection of articles on different aspects of education published on The India Forum.

What has Culture to do with Mathematics?

Multiple forms of mathematical knowledge exist among different communities, which draw from specific cultural contexts and are utilised for local needs.

▶20-May-2025

Jayasree Subramanian

Kendriya Vidyalaya Model is a Blueprint for Quality Public Schooling

To harness India’s demographic dividend, strategic investment in education is essential. The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan shows how decentralised management can deliver quality schooling. With…

▶14-May-2025

Amarjeet Sinha

Grounding Research: An Experiment from Uttarakhand

The National Education Policy wants research to be a part of undergraduate curricula. To meaningfully engage with this ambition, we need to design a pedagogy of research methods that emphasises local…

▶04-Mar-2025

Gautam Bisht, Gaurav Joshi, Mahendra Rawat, Shivam Pandey

Psychology in India: A Critical Perspective on its Growing Popularity in Universities

The search for oneself in these neoliberal times, a job market for psychologists, and the emergence of an “Indian psychology” explain the current popularity of this academic discipline in India. What…

▶24-Feb-2025

Rachana Johri

Punishing Universities by Interfering with VC Appointments

The UGC’s 2025 draft regulations for selection of vice-chancellors require review. While currently the appointment processes do often prioritise politics, the proposed regulations – going beyond the…

▶04-Feb-2025

Ramakrishna Ramaswamy

Scholasticide in Gaza

Israel's wholesale erasure of all forms of regular Palestinian life in the Gaza strip includes the specific targeting of educational institutions and their staff. The ruination of the education…

▶02-Feb-2025

Adam Tooze

‘ONOS’ and Expanding Access to Research Journals

The government’s One Nation, One Subscription scheme seeks to expand digital access to academic journals, which are usually very expensive. But questions remain about the true extent of coverage and…

▶10-Dec-2024

Furqan Qamar, Tariq Ashraf

Many Malayalams

Regional language pride often masks the linguistic diversity of Indian states. Kerala is a good example, even as a new wave of cultural production has brought to the fore its marginalised languages…

▶14-Nov-2024

Rajitha Venugopal, Shivakumar Jolad

Bihar Turns its Back on School Education

There are two interconnected root causes for the travails of Bihar’s school education system—a paucity of resources and ineffective policies. There is a similar situation in Jharkhand. There is yet…

▶07-Feb-2024

Paran Amitava, Kanika Sharma

Wanted for Global Scholar: Research Assistant in the Global South

The trend of doctoral scholars and researchers in Western universities hiring poorly paid Indians for fieldwork reinforces gatekeeping in knowledge production.

▶18-Jan-2024

Sreeparna Chattopadhyay

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