[Reader-list] Why do Schools and Colleges in India Kill?

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Dear All,

I find the incidence of deaths due to 'ragging' in educational  
institutions in india and the recent death of a young girl, a student  
of Class three, Shanno Khan, in a municipal school in Delhi caused by  
the corporal punishment meted out to her by her teacher because she  
could not tell the meaning of a word in English, totally shocking.

Why is this murderous authoritarianism so prevalent in places of  
education in India. Why do students and teachers behave like  
executioners and impose so much violence on those weaker or smaller  
or younger than them?

What is it about the nature of education and pedagogy in our society  
that makes it so conducive to producing little fascists and martinets?

I hope this list can take some time to reflect on this.

best

Shuddha



Shuddhabrata Sengupta
The Sarai Programme at CSDS
Raqs Media Collective
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