The primary and non-formal education sub-sector reform initiative is a positive but partial move that leaves major education sector concerns unaddressed.
Are policies and actions regarding preparing young people for work and livelihood influenced by myths and misperceptions about the problems and their workable solutions?
Now, the youngsters have embarked on a campaign to reach out to the people in preparation for forming a new political party.
Public and media discourse overwhelmingly favours the idea of a reform commission for education.
The education authorities under the interim government have decided to revert to the curriculum introduced in 2012.
The interim government must prioritise reforms to elections.
An education commission, chosen with care, can advise the interim government and serve the nation by identifying key areas that need reforms.
A ban on campus politics seems to be an easy answer. But what does it mean and how will it work?
The new round of curricular reform and textbook re-writing has given rise to a spate of debate, pointing to different kinds of problems with the new initiative.
The education that a child can acquire is currently a matter of how much his/her family can pay.
Politics has been captured by the nexus of an oligopoly of business interests and the willingly colluding political class.
In 2008, the party promised to achieve ambitious goals. So, what have we achieved after over a decade?
The HSC milestone is more a source of anxiety and premonition for the large majority of young people.
We may be witnessing a deja vu with the new curriculum.
It needs to recognise both the challenges and the opportunities.
The credibility and significance of literacy rates become questionable when seen in the light of primary education outcomes and the character of the literacy projects undertaken so far.
The debate about control of education has become more intense across the globe, manifesting in varying ways in different historical and socio-political contexts.
To what extent do the top scorers’ performance represent the performance of their schools and teachers?
