The skew in education | The Indian Express

The skew in education | The Indian Express

Written by Shivani Nag |Updated: August 18, 2019 4:52:10 pm

The writer is assistant professor, School of Education Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi.

The skew in education

Poor quality government schools make higher education out of reach for non-elite . That’s the real problem, not public-funded universities.

The phrase, “let the elite pay” refuses to acknowledge that if the government schools continue to be of poor quality, the non-elite will always find it difficult to reach higher education.

In his article, ‘Let the elite pay’ (IE, June 23), Surjit Bhalla argues for the continuation of the highly discriminatory school and higher education systems that already provide education to most on the basis of ability to pay. He acknowledges that “children of the poorest of the poor”do not receive basic quality education and hence cannot compete with children of the rich. However, Bhalla refuses to question the existence of an unequal schooling system.