Separate politics from knowledge, says JNU's Makarand Paranjape | ThinkEdu 2022

Education has been over-politicised and under-intellectualised in the country, stated Makarand Paranjape, author and professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University (#JNU).
Speaking on the topic Aspiring Bharat, Expanding India: Cultural Collision, Confluence or Co-existence? at the 10th edition of ThinkEdu Conclave, he said that educational institutions should not be the ground of politics but its primary work should be to enhance knowledge of students. He was in conversation with Kaveree Bamzai, senior journalist and author. #MakarandParanjape #ThinkEdu2022

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[manaskumarhaldar]

JNU has become a left secular institution led by some bengali academic staff and students. Its internatiinal ranking is much lower than the 5 IITs. Unlike JNU, educational institutions with high rankings (including IITs) do not have political academic staff and student unions.

[randomidentity]

Good to see Proff Paranjape !! Had been a while..

[subbaraod]

Registered students in universities should be banned from participating or leading political rallies and such students be deregistered from universities.

[RD-rtwr]

Good discussion, wise speaker. Key phrase - ‘Look at how minorities treated minorities’

[venkataraghotham]

A dose of "thick skinned nationism" will do the indigenous people of India a lot of good.

[manaskumarhaldar]

Sone Indians spend atleast 25 lac ( Ukraine) for their children to study abroad. Many of these students could not qualify for good Indian govt universities. Best thing is to lower private institution charges, say 25lacs.

[ratipati]

Whatever this speaker says about mid-path liberalism is quite flawed. He forgot to notice it works only if all stake holders have the same mindset. But given that Islam has non-inclusive mindset, how can any country offered to have liberalism? midway or otherwise? It is all flawed position and flawed thinking.

[v.n.narayan]

Really sorry about the quota system in India. This system overrides the intelligence or personal traits or quality of the students. The quota system is for almost everything in the country like education, employment, govt schemes, politics, etc.
This is the only country in the world which religiously follow the quota system.

Politicians are further trying to add some more additions to the existing quota beneficiaries. The people who are not covered under the quota system have a bleak future as they have to really compete to get selected with the general quota allocation

[shashidharjanardhan]

Earning bread is more important in this country. Not humanities, history, literature etc.,

[josheversmann]

In india we spend 99pcent budget on 1pcent and 1pcent on rest 99pcent students...

[venkataraghotham]

The Social Sciences in India are oriented towards sustaining the cadres of fascist parties both at the national and regional levels.

[AG_MAG]

Let Indian teachers improve first!! Every University in India should upgrade to world class level. Why Indian students go outside .. because our infrastructure and teaching standards are poor.

[maniswetha]

The problem is we still didn't come out of the British Era where the thoughts are crime. We got independence but not for for our brains, the books/history is still white washed.
And when misters try to change a bit ppl shout its not secular. And there is Quato and ok may not remove the Quato all together but atleast discriminate ppl who took QUATO like, if u took Quato in schools then no scholarship, no Quato in clg, jobs. Like one person can take only one Quato and the person or succeeding family should not. QUOTA is to pull ppl from poverty we should give them chance but not every day and every chance. Once it should be allowed and that's it. Then ppl will not relax and say I have quato so no worries.
Heck IIM has Quato, why if quato is already given for school/UG why for PG they are already given chance.

[neelamtandon]

DUPLICITY IS SO OBVIOUS IN INTERVIEWER

[sunilkudur]

Why would everyone talk about reservations is the issue, it’s the problem with supply vs demand, if there is enough supply who would fight for reservation

[sidmukh]

The issue is not the number of educational institutions, but the quality of the education.

That is where India is lacking.

‘Competence phobia’ is pretty spot on

[drsunilraopadmaraj]

Why should states spend like the speaker who has deficiency

[manaskumarhaldar]

Look how universities in West Bengal (including Viswa Bharati) have fared with left " secular" political unions.

[SR-mvmf]

Focus on academics and facts not fiction first

[drsunilraopadmaraj]

I feel your view is wasting my tax
You are eaying the fat of land0