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Indian schools simply don’t have enough teachers (CAG report)
The current challenge in school education in India remains that of the quantity and quality of its primary systems. The Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) recent report on the Children’s Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009, known as the TEN Act, was tabled in Parliament last week, confirmed many irregularities in its …
Indian Schools Need the Light of Inner Discipline, Not the Militarization of Conscience
This is the latest attempt to militarize consciousness and equate discipline with unreflective obedience. Credit: Reuters Recent reports from the Prime Minister’s Office advising the Department of Human Resources Development to introduce elements of training in military schools and “patriotic” sentiments in mainstream schools have left me troubled. As a teacher engaged in a sustained …