Indigenous Indian education
India was portrayed by the colonisers as a dark and mysterious land where people were illiterate and uncultured. The positional superiority enjoyed by the British enabled them to construct a…
Quality education
High-quality engineering education has played a key role in the rapid development of certain Asian countries such as Korea, India and China. In Korea, the establishment of the Korea Advanced…
In Modi’s Delhi, Indian Muslims segregate to seek security
In February 2020, Nasreen and her husband Tofik were living in Shiv Vihar, an upcoming neighbourhood in northeast New Delhi. But that month, riots erupted targeting Muslims like them and…
Rethink education
We constantly hear about the alarming rise in unemployment in Pakistan, an issue exacerbated by several factors, including the ongoing economic crisis, persistent power shortages, and, most recently, the disruptions…
AI in education
In an era marked by rapid technological advancement, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force across various sectors. Among the many domains where AI is leaving an indelible…
Country of ‘first boys’: education disparities: Part – I
The ‘country of first boys’ can offer different possibilities to boys from favoured backgrounds, which contrast sharply with the meagre opportunities that girls from underprivileged families get, writes Indian Nobel…
Is good education only for the rich?
“Old boys protest after Aitchison College governors in Lahore say they will no longer support sons of the rich and powerful” (for admission). This was the headline of The Guardian,…
Country’s higher education needs a revolution
If Pakistan must pick one revolution, that must be in education, which will ultimately lay the foundations for IT and green revolutions. The gap in education starts early from childhood…
Messing with education
Education in Pakistan has been perpetually in peril. Not because the government did not have resources; it had them for all other purposes, including some wrong ones. Mainly education has…
The facade of Indian democracy
Seventy-five years ago, India gained freedom and declared itself a secular state. The constitution of the world’s largest democracy provides for “freedom of conscience and the right of all individuals…
