The core of education lies in knowledge: the nature of knowledge, whose knowledge, what knowledge is worth knowing and why. But there’s no single “Indian” system of knowledge but several “Indian systems” of knowledge, beginning with the adivasi knowledge systems, which the world is scrambling to understand since it possibly holds the key to climate change and sustainable living. Then there are the knowledge systems of the Dalit community who work using their body and mind. Many knowledge systems were embedded in these cultures as well. This can happen only when children are able to see in the curriculum, syllabi and textbooks, their own knowledge systems represented; they will not flourish in a hegemonised system.

Source: Hindustan Times June 10, 2019 02:26 UTC