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Articles by Sajitha Bashir
The republic of examinations
Few institutions shape how citizens experience the modern state more profoundly than its public examinations. The abolition of China’s imperial examinations in 1905 closed what many regarded as the principal route to social mobility under the Qing dynasty and helped erode its legitimacy, contributing to the 1911 Revolution. Changes to university admissions in Sri Lanka convinced many Tamils that equal citizenship was slipping away.
Science and Technology at the World Bank: Recommendations to President Ajay Banga
After Ajay Banga’s start of his five-year term as President of the World Bank in June 2023, Science & Diplomacy asked five individuals who have worked at the World Bank in science and technology (S&T)-related roles to respond to this question: Given your experience at the World Bank, how have science, technology, and innovation impacted the World Bank’s programs? How have these programs evolved and what could have been done better?
Science and Technology at the World Bank: Recommendations to President Ajay Banga
After Ajay Banga’s start of his five-year term as President of the World Bank in June 2023, Science & Diplomacy asked five individuals who have worked at the World Bank in science and technology (S&T)-related roles to respond to this question: Given your experience at the World Bank, how have science, technology, and innovation impacted the World Bank’s programs? How have these programs evolved and what could have been done better?
The people and the government: the contemporary relevance of The Svadesabhimani
The sleepy village of Anchathengu (“Five Coconut Palms”), formerly called Anjengo by the British, has attained fame for various reasons. Situated a few kilometeres south of Varkala in Kerala, it was the first trade settlement of the East India Company in the south-west of India, gradually gaining in importance. Anjengo Fort, built by the British, served as an important military centre for suppressing minor revolts and the Attingal rebellion of 1721.
How education remains out of reach for India’s invisible migrant children
An estimated 63 million Indian children are migrants, according to the 2011 Census. That is about the population size of Gujarat, the United Kingdom or France. At least 15 million children migrate seasonally, as per the 2001 Census. There is no up-to-date information on migrant children despite the crisis that followed the Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020, when lakhs of workers and their families headed back on foot to their homes from big cities.
Empowering South Asia with converging technologies
Imagine this: The year is 2030 and Umair’s family in Bangladesh has been evacuated due to flash floods in his village and surrounding areas. They are temporarily accommodated along with others in a digitally fabricated house built by a local innovation hub. The house is equipped with a photovoltaic ‘skin’ to harness solar energy as well as a rainwater collection and purification system.
Budgeting for the education emergency
It is astonishing that public expenditure data on the education sector are not easily available In the current Budget session, how much money the Central and State governments will allocate to education and for what purpose should be a matter of public concern and debate. Even before the pandemic, public spending on education in most States was below that of other middle-income countries.
The 4 industries to empower South Asia, according to the World Bank
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Squaring up to India’s education emergency
In making up for months of lost formal learning, there needs to be action on the education, health and livelihood fronts During the COVID-19 pandemic, India enforced among the strictest, most generalised and continuous school and university closures creating in the process the largest education emergency in the world. Federal countries such as the United States and Brazil implemented a variety of school closures and remote/in-person education policies in different jurisdictions.
Africa’s universities can jumpstart the end of the digital divide
On the African continent, top universities are struggling to connect in ways that many European and American secondary schools take for granted. Africa’s higher education institutions often get bandwidth in the range of 100-1000 Mbps (megabits per second), while U.S. high schools have a recommended target of 3 Gpbs (Gigabits per second) per 1000 students.
Africa needs digital skills across the economy - not just in tech
Demand for digital skills training in Africa will surge in the coming decade as jobs that before did not need digital skills will begin to do so. Education providers need to align their offerings to accommodate this surge in demand. Policy-makers and the private sector also need to work together to improve the necessary infrastructure. The importance of Africa being digitally connected and skilled is obvious.
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