Service learningapplying students knowledge to real-world problems with a meaningful connection to community needsis a pedagogy that all higher educational institutions must adopt wholeheartedly.
The decline in demand for humanities disciplines is often attributed to the allure of materialistic pleasures and the perception of greater employability in non-humanities subjects.
Peace education doesnt merely involve learning about conflicts and resolving them peacefully; it entails active individual and collective participation in eliminating violence and seeking long-term solutions.
Educations sole purpose has become acquiring a degree, preferably with todays much-hyped employability skills, and landing cushy jobs with fat salaries
Coaching centres will expand dramatically and marginalised students will be deprived of higher education as 'cracking' the test is an 'expensive' skill they can't afford
The government cannot absolve itself. It approved the event. It knew the scale of sentiment, emotional pitch, and logistical nightmare, yet it pressed ahead.
