Education in a university is not merely restricted to academic, but takes place in myriad forms. It is not simply about formal class room learning. With spaces beyond the classroom acting as grounds for learning and unlearning, it indeed becomes a challenge to be able to impart basic human and social values. Our system of education, both at the school and college level has time and again failed to contribute towards this breaking down of societal biases and prejudices. By emphasising on merit and accomplishment alone, it has in its own vicious ways perpetuated them, creating rats of children and young students in the race for privileged positions. Moreover, in the realm of gender relations, it has done little to oppose the commodification of women, and instead, instituted new forms of patriarchal control..
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:54:56 +0000
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