‘Education reform is not just about what’s taught in school, but recreating society’

Ashraf Engineer

September 20, 2023

The New Education Policy, while offering the promise of better schooling, also brings into focus the failures of education reform in India. While there have been improvements in infrastructure and enrollment, equity, learning levels and uptake of public schools are lagging. Priyadarshini Singh, research fellow at the State Capacity Initiative, Center for Policy Research, has written a paper tracing the evolution of education reform. She speaks to All Indians Matter.