Insights from Social Contexts
What happens when a state achieves ‘full’ literacy? Does education promote development or vice versa? Focussing on specific social settings, experts present their views in this section. Practitioners will be able to relate to these social contexts and contribute to make this section richer with their experiences.
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Indian Student Migration for Medical Education to Central and East Asia
Understanding Demand, Supply and Roles of Market and State
By Santhakumar V | May 9, 2024
There is no point in taking a negative view of this exodus from India for medical education. The cost of medical education is prohibitively high in India. Entry barriers are unreasonable.
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Land Degradation in India: A National Systems Perspective on Achievements and Challenges
By Santhakumar V | Apr 11, 2024
Though there was a high rate of deforestation in India in the past, the degradation of remaining natural forest cover has declined. According to official data, there is an increase in areas covered by forests in the country.
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Enrolment in Higher Education: Need for Reflection (PART II)
By Santhakumar V | Jan 9, 2024
The real problem is the lack of an approach to connect academic subjects with the real-life or occupational contexts of students. The subjects that students study in their UG programme should contribute to their lives and occupations even if they do not pursue higher levels of education.
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Enrolment in Higher Education: Need for Reflection (Part I)
By Santhakumar V | Dec 28, 2023
A mere increase in the enrolment in higher education may not be the ideal way forward. There is a need for a deeper analysis of factors which encourage youngsters to go to a college/university.
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Education and Development: A Comparison Between South and Central Asia
By Santhakumar V and Mir Afzal Tajik | May 26, 2023
The slow spread of school education for all has affected the economic development in South Asian countries. If we compare the situation in India with that of China, it is clear that the latter could ensure the provision of basic education to the majority of children, which helped the growth of manufacturing industries.
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Peatland Restoration in Indonesia Needs a Global Collaborative and Pragmatic Approach
By Santhakumar V | Mar 10, 2023
The restoration of peatlands in Indonesia and elsewhere is important not just for these countries but also globally. The burning of peatlands can add significant amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and can also lead to other problems, such as haze that affects airline traffic.
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Socio-economic Conditions that Enable Restoration of Land and Ecosystems
What we know – What we need to know
By Santhakumar V | Dec 29, 2022
Discussions on land restoration have so far not focussed adequately on the connection between human development and the restoration of land and ecosystems. There are cases where broad-based development led to an increase in the vegetative cover over those lands which were used for intensive (or degrading) agriculture in the past.
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Educational Challenges of Roma People in Europe and Dalits in India: A Comparative Analysis (PART II)
By Santhakumar V and Edina Kovács | Nov 3, 2022
The cases of Roma people and the Dalits show that specific social groups can remain less educated and underdeveloped for generations. An equilibrium of social discrimination combined with economic deprivation can sustain for a long time as evident not only from the study of these two sections of people but also from that of the Black community in the United States.
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Educational Challenges of Roma People in Europe and Dalits in India: A Comparative Analysis (PART I)
By Santhakumar V and Edina Kovács | Oct 21, 2022
Historically, there were periods of suppression and exclusion of the Roma people. Even when their children were admitted to schools, they were not fully accepted. Their historical underachievements in education continue to impact the performance of children from these communities, even though government policies have become more enabling for their children.
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Challenges in Schooling for Rural Poor: India versus Kenya (Part II)
By Benard Nyatuka, Santhakumar V | Sep 7, 2022
Despite a relatively better economic status as a whole and higher public investments, India seems to be facing challenges in terms of retention and learning in schools somewhat similar to those that Kenya faces. But the reasons for the underperformance in school education seem to be different in the two countries.
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Challenges in Schooling for Rural Poor: India versus Kenya (Part I)
By Benard Nyatuka, Shanthakumar V | Aug 25, 2022
There are important differences in the schooling patterns in India and Kenya. For example, those social groups that do not do well in education are different in the two countries. But this note focuses on the differences in the responses of governments in both countries in addressing the challenges related to the demand for and supply of education, among the rural poor.