Kumar, Nita
(2014)
Postcolonial, inclusive
education in the southpoint
vidyashram.
Learning Curve (23).
pp. 70-72.
Abstract
As an answer to the question, “What would
constitute an excellent Indian education for Indian
children?” the school called The Southpoint
Vidyashram was set up in 1990 in Varanasi, U.P. by
our society NIRMAN. The answer to the above
question was two-fold. One, the education must be
inclusive. It must include children from any and all
backgrounds, varying by class, religious or regional
community, gender, and ability. Indian schools,
obviously, are not inclusive. Students were
differentiated always according to class and often by
other criteria as well. Two, the education must be
excellent. Children must be taught skills that
empowered them to fulfil dreams, and more
difficult, made into lifelong learners. We called
these approaches ‘postcolonial’ and developed
them continuously with research in our Centre for
Postcolonial Education.
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