What are the major problems facing the education system in India?
From ICSSR’s point of view, the main problem in India’s educational life is its isolated development for which we have to build institutional alliances. Also we must bridge the gap between policy making and the educational system because creative ideas are not born in government files but are generated at the cultural level of the country. The idea of social justice and building of a humane society has to be the main thrust of our educational system. Who should decide what the thrust of education system should be? One has to be mindful of the fact that we live in a society where you have to evolve a consensus. Our options are no longer limited to state control versus laissez-faire. Like the scholar Andre Malraux upon receiving a prize in India put it, “India is the land of wisdom, you should define what the world needs in terms of education,” and donated his prize money to set up what he called institutes for international methods of action including education. Here is an example of a
