Tag: Anjum Altaf articles
Arabic as panacea? – Anjum Altaf
How convenient it is for people to earn brownie points at the cost of others and with no cost to themselves. The Senate approved,...
At a loss for words – Anjum Altaf
I RECENTLY visited public high schools in two villages in Mandi Bahauddin district. I was impressed by the insights of their heads on...
Equal education – Anjum Altaf
THE 2020 Global Teacher Prize, sponsored by the Varkey Foundation and Unesco, and worth a million dollars, has been awarded to Ranjitsinh Disale,...
Sense and madness – Anjum Altaf
A BOOK that left a lasting impression on me was Micromotives and Macrobehaviour (1978) by Thomas Schelling who was awarded the Nobel...
Language of instruction – Anjum Altaf
POLICYMAKING can be based on self-interest, whim, opinion, dogma or evidence. The choice we exercise says a lot about us.
Take the language of instruction...
Knowledge and power- Anjum Altaf
Everyone interested in education knows Macaulay and his ‘Minute on Education’, the basis of the English Education Act of 1835, that determined to...
Language of instruction – Anjum Altaf
Almost every account of colonialism describes how the colonists planned to use education as a means of stabilizing and strengthening their rule. There was...
A better way to teach- Anjum Altaf
The Single National Curriculum has some very laudable objectives including raising good human beings and promoting inclusiveness and tolerance. It has decided on...
Fair and fluent – Anjum Altaf
Neelam Hanif has mounted a passionate defence of English as the medium of instruction (‘SNC and the language question’, The News, September 12,...
No minister, yes minister- Anjum Altaf
The minister for education has written an opinion defending the Single National Curriculum (‘Debating the SNC’, The News, September 8, 2020). It fails in...