Perhaps the greatest of illusions about schools is that the institution was launched by a group of kindly men and women who wanted to help the children of ordinary families, to level the playing field for all. Unfortunately, the origin and genesis of the school education system is not all that altruistic, even if we […]

The current school system can be traced back to the early 18th century Prussia, Germany. The first school for mass education, i.e. education of all children, in a community (hence called ‘public school’) was created in 1716 by the King Fredrick William-I as a means of solidifying the fledgling Prussian state into a uniform whole. […]

NO, it is self-evident if we look back into our past. Schools were invented only in the early eighteenth century, less than 300 years back; for over 99.9% of human existence, education of children was imparted without schools. Every home, kinship and village community was responsible for educating its children. Education was much more a […]