Shruti Das

Shruti Das

Shruti Das has around five years of research experience which dives into education spaces with an intersection of gender, sociology, digital technologies and other developmental issues at the grassroots, national and international levels in South Asia. She is the recipient of the IOE-ISH Centenary Master’s Scholarship and has successfully graduated from the MA Education, Gender and International Development program at University College London (UCL).

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Looking at ‘Education for All: The Case of Tagore’s Alternative Education

The British colonial rule dramatically altered the curriculum and pedagogical policies by introducing examination-based, textbook-centred and teacher-directed educational systems in India. The limitation of this form of education is hyper-focus on employability and economic development as the only end goals of education.

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