In pursuit of socially mixed schools

Article by Jos Mooij and Manabi Majumdar in Indian newspaper 'The Hindu'

In an opinion piece the authors discuss the recent Indian Supreme Court ruling to upheld the validity of Clause 12 of the Right to Education Act which mandates aided and non-aided private schools to reserve 25 per cent of the seats for disadvantaged children in their neighbourhoods.

'In pursuit of socially mixed schools'

About the authors

 Jos Mooij is Deputy Rector Education Affairs at ISS

  Manabi Majumdar is a fellow in Political Science at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta

The authors recently published 'The Marks Race. India’s Dominant Education Regime and New Segmentation'