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“Instead of promoting equality in society, the present system of education itself has contributed to increased socio-economic disparities.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2022
  • Visions of Social Change in India

The statement claims more than the familiar complaint that education has failed to equalise: it says the system has become a producer of disparity. So read, the proposition is largely defensible for India — though the fault lies in a stratified education system, not in education as such.

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