Students divided in name of common school system
Thursday - June 28, 2018 12:44 am ,
Category : EDUCATION
Students divided in name of common school system
New Delhi June 28 (IANS) Common schools for everyone will in "no way result" in education of masses as "students are divided" in schools in the name of uniformity an academician said on Wednesday.
At a meet on Exploring Current Educational Scenario - Issues and Possible Solutions Delhi University history professor Vikas Gupta said: "It is not about how many students are admitted from different castes and religious backgrounds in the same school but after being admitted the level of their participation taken and allowed in schools is largely important."
How much of diversity is visible at this point he asked criticizing the governments both at the Central and state levels for "forcefully imposing one kind of knowledge and language to the students".
Terming today s diversity and uniformity in schools as "mechanical bulldozing" Gupta said that current education system is in complete contrast with the Justice Rajinder Sachar committee report which suggested that every public institute must maintain immense diversity.
"We pretend that the lower section of society is educated... that is illusion " he said adding that diversity is not only about the intake in schools.
Interacting with the minority community students in the meeting Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi Marlena said: "Instead of bringing experts from America and Europe we used common sense to make sure government schools in Delhi run successfully."
However she added that this common sense was not being implemented till today.
--IANS sm/vd
At a meet on Exploring Current Educational Scenario - Issues and Possible Solutions Delhi University history professor Vikas Gupta said: "It is not about how many students are admitted from different castes and religious backgrounds in the same school but after being admitted the level of their participation taken and allowed in schools is largely important."
How much of diversity is visible at this point he asked criticizing the governments both at the Central and state levels for "forcefully imposing one kind of knowledge and language to the students".
Terming today s diversity and uniformity in schools as "mechanical bulldozing" Gupta said that current education system is in complete contrast with the Justice Rajinder Sachar committee report which suggested that every public institute must maintain immense diversity.
"We pretend that the lower section of society is educated... that is illusion " he said adding that diversity is not only about the intake in schools.
Interacting with the minority community students in the meeting Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi Marlena said: "Instead of bringing experts from America and Europe we used common sense to make sure government schools in Delhi run successfully."
However she added that this common sense was not being implemented till today.
--IANS sm/vd
