Hereditary Education Policy
Hereditary Education Policy or Kula Kalvi Thittam is an education policy introduced by Rajaji as Chief Minister of Madras State in 1952.. It was seen as a Casteist Education policy or Communal education policy aimed at maintaining maintaining caste hegemony.
Periyar Ramasami and other leaders saw this as clever ploy against the Dalits, Scheduled Castes and Tribes and Backward Classes as there first generation was finally getting educated then. Their children had just begun to attend school after centuries of denial of educational opportunities under the rigid Hindu caste system .
References
- ^ What if Periyar had not been born? - Sify.com
- ^ Varna
- ^ Caste and Varna
- ^ Periyar E.V.Ramaswamy - பெரியார்
- ^ http://www.holycrossjustice.org/pdf/Integral%20Liberation/June%202006/The%20History%20of%20Reservations%20in%20India.pdf
- ^ Random House, Inc. Academic Resources | Titles of Academic Interest for Universities and Colleges
- ^ Tehelka - The People’s Paper
- ^ Periyar.org
External links
- http://www.countercurrents.org/dalit-periyar280603.htm
- http://164.100.24.167/rsdebate/synopsis/194/29112001.htm
- http://www.buddhiwadi.org/periyar.htm
- http://www.dr-ambedkar.com/writings/38A.%20Who%20were%20the%20Shudras%20Preface.htm
- http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random042/99031807.html
- http://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/text.html?objectid=HN681.S597_252-53_087.gif
Further reading
- Rajaji, a Life by RajMohan Gandhi ( Chapter Downfall mentioned as Caste based education Policy)
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