Instead of universal quality education for all, the political class accepted and tacitly institutionalised segregation. In fact, the tendency was to hide behind ‘lack of resources’ argument during serious discussions while unhesitatingly holding the public face of a progressive and egalitarian slogan of universal education for all.
Arvind Sardana is former director, Eklavya Foundation, a non-profit, non-government organisation that develops and field tests innovative educational programmes and trains resource people to implement these programmes. It functions through a network of education resource centres located in Madhya Pradesh.