Category: Op-Ed

With the Union Cabinet recently approving the New Education Policy (2020), that is aiming to make “India a global knowledge superpower”, let us look at how education policies have changed over the years in India.

In the first part of the series on gendered policy, the author analyses the helpline scheme to promote women safety.

A few months ago, one seemingly insignificant case of wrongly diagnosed flu, brought the entire world to a screeching halt. Grocery shortages, a giant exodus of the migrant labour population, alarming increases in unemployment and hunger as well as the ever-rising death toll in the country are provide a rare insight into just how insignificant…

Transformation of Indian Education with Dr. Kamlesh Misra Quotes: “Students have an important role in implementing and transforming the education system” “If you want to change the nation you have to change the narrative” Dr. Kamlesh Misra in this Samvaad virtual discussion talks about the essence of the New Education policy (NEP) 2020. The New…

In conversation with Prof N. Sukumar, Political Scientist at Delhi University. Q. Constitutional laws on education, in principle, with regards to affirmative action and reservations attempt to bridge the gap between marginalized groups and those in the general category. Despite being implemented, there is a large gap between the numbers of students in the aforementioned…

Historically, inequality in access to education has been a crucial instrument in reinforcing and maintaining social stratification. Even today, class, caste, gender and other social factors prove to be persistent hurdles in gaining a quality education. In a podcast about the New Education Policy, Mr Ambarish Rai, National Convener at the Right to Education Forum,…

In the panel discussion the panelists explore the impact of COVID 19 on the education system. This panel comprises of Akriti Bhatia, Founder and Director of PAIGAM, and student activists Damini Kain and Amarjeet Kumar Singh. Throughout the discussion, the discussants delve into the impact this sudden shift in educational realms would have on different…

This article aims to analyze the situation of migrant workers owing to the lockdowns and analyses their human rights which are being vehemently ignored by the countries or states they are stranded in.

The author discusses the issue surrounding our waste management systems trough the lens of the pandemic given the added burden of medical waste disposal. The article concludes with suggestions that could help in tackling this problem in hope for a cleaner environment, if not a virus-free one.

In this article, Amisha Singh looks at one of the most important international institutions, the Security Council, and how the shortcomings of this prestigious institution have been highlighted by its handling of the Corona-virus pandemic.