Science Education
Science education has been undervalued and ignored in the majority of Indian schools.
This dossier attempts to initiate a dialogue on the major challenges facing science
education in Indian schools. The essays question what the primary aims of science
education in our schools are, as also the need for science education in the first
place. Is there a need to create alternatives to the existing teaching? One of the
important matters of concerns is the close link between science education and the
notion of development proposed under the banner of economic globalisation. How can
we develop a responsible science education? Are there alternate requirements for
the content and process of school science education? This dossier is an attempt
to explore these possibilities. It aims to reassert the importance of a responsible
science education in schools and a responsible approach to formulation of science
educational policies.