Top Stories published by Spontaneous Order in February of 2010

Managing a school for free — a parental wish?

The Right to Education Act will soon be implemented (Apr 1, 2010) and that may be all well since some of CCS’ earlier critique in the 2005 and 2009 Bills actually was taken into account. From formerly six new bureaucratic levels in the earlier Bills…


Are private schools better?

Join in on the debate between Vinod Raina (Member, Central Advisory Board of Education) and Parth Shah (President, Centre for Civil Society) on whether private schools do in fact have a role to play in the future of our children’s education.


Sibal-Das Debate on RTE

Gurcharan Das gave a keynote address at the annual meeting of the National Progressive Schools Conference which was followed by the speech of MHRD Minister Kapil Sibal. Sibal’s comments on the issues raised by Das led to several media stories.


The why, when and what of privatization

Vijay Kelkar, Chairman of the Finance Commission of India recently wrote an article called ‘From Disinvestment to Privatization’ in the Economic Times in which he suggests that India has finally reached a stage where we should reassess the role of the public…


Who said you can’t fight corruption?

Recently the economist carried a story called A Zero Contribution’ on an innovative idea on how to fight corruption in India.

The next time a corrupt government official asks you for a bribe, think again before conceding to his/her demand…