J K Bajaj Abstract: We know about the pre-British indigenous education in India primarily through the British surveys of the nineteenth century. These show that education in India at that time was wide­spread and probably universal. It was also inclusive. Both the children and the teachers in the schools belonged to all castes and communi­ties. This came as a surprise for many when Dharampal presented detailed records of the survey of Madras (1822) in The Beautiful Tree publi

Suyash Saboo, Rajeev Sangal Abstract Life today feels full of friction, evident in individual suffering, strained relationships, social distrust, conflicts among nations, and environmental degradation. Despite the remarkable progress made, why are things in such a state? We must have acquired these ways of living from somewhere. Examining our education systems answers a lot: While providing professional knowledge and skills, education has often neglected the equally importan

C N Krishnan (With inputs from members of the Journal Steering Committee) Abstract The formal system of education prevailing in India, from school to university, performs rather poorly on two key counts;(i) preparing the young to be responsible citizens with sound character (ii) enabling them to be productive and valuable members of the economy and society. This is mostly a consequence of its being poorly connected to the realities of our society and economy, both in terms of