online education

Guest post by MAYA JOHN Given the rampant social and economic inequalities in our society, education has been seen by majority of the common masses as a tool for moving up the social ladder. Their aspirations for higher segment jobs and status constitute the largest component of the growing demand for higher education.Nevertheless, the opinion … Continue reading Online Education, the Latest Stage of Educational Apartheid: Maya John →

Guest post by MAYA JOHN Under the condition of lockdown while we are confronted with images and accounts of the suffering of the labouring poor, and all around us there appears to be a pervasive social chaos, in our universities students and teachers are supposed to return to an atomized life condition, and essentially pursue … Continue reading Fears and Furies of Online (Mis)education – Lockdown and Beyond: Maya John →

Guest post by AYESHA KIDWAI The recommendations of the UGC panels are circulating on WhatsApp (See Appendix at the end of this article). If these are indeed what is going to be presented at the full UGC meeting, then there is no doubt in my mind that the pandemic is a pretext to get rid … Continue reading The Pandemic as pretext – Murdering the university in India: Ayesha Kidwai →