Vol. 16, Issue 1, Jul-Dec 2023

Page: 76-81

Education as Discourse: Classroom and Open Schooling in Indian Cultural and Literary Contexts

Sudipt Agarwal

Received Date: 2026-01-13

Accepted Date: 2026-02-08

Published Date: 2026-04-20

Education in India has historically functioned as an influential social institution through which knowledge, language and cultural validity are produced and regulated. Far from being a neutral system of instruction, it has continuously echoed dynamic relations of power shaped by colonial history, postcolonial development and contemporary technological transformation. In recent years, this system has entered a phase where it is undergoing a structural and epistemological transition shaped by the coexistence of conventional classroom education and emerging models of open and digital learning. This shift has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and further consolidated through the policy framework of the National Education Policy 2020, which emphasizes on flexibility, digital integration and multidisciplinary scholarship.

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