Education in India is broken. It is a tragic waste of our potential. How can it be fixed? Why will pumping in more spending solve nothing? What is the link between education & development? Why do we need to redefine education?

Welcome to Episode 54 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah.

In this episode, Amit and Ajay give a comprehensive lay of the land in the field of education in India, challenging many conventional notions on the way.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 Packaging
00:13 Introduction: The State of Education
01:44 Chapter 1: Understanding the Problem
17:34 Chapter 2: What About Private Enterprise?
25:13 Chapter 3: Fund Schooling, Not Schools
34:40 Chapter 4: Education and Development
52:58 Chapter 5: The Importance of Early Childhood
1:05:12 Chapter 6: What Should a Parent Do?
1:10:36 Chapter 7: What Should a Young Person Do?
1:26:01 Chapter 8: What Should Educators Do?
1:27:53 Chapter 9: What Should Policy People Do?
1:31:32 Chapter 10: What Should Philanthropists Do?
1:38:08 Chapter 11: Amit Recommends
1:39:29 Chapter 12: Ajay Recommends

USEFUL RESOURCES:
1. Amit on Twitter:   / amitvarma  
2. Ajay on Twitter:   / ajay_shah  
3. The Seen and the Unseen Amit's audio podcast: https://seenunseen.in/
(Also on all podcast apps. And YouTube, though less than 1% of listens come from here:    / @theseenandtheunseen  )
4. Ajay's organisation, XKDR Forum, on YouTube:    / @xkdr  
5. In Service of the Republic Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah: https://amzn.eu/d/hwGILb3
6. The Art of Clear Writing Amit's writing course: https://indiauncut.com/clearwriting/
7. The India Uncut Newsletter Amit's newsletter at https://indiauncut.substack.com/
8. Education in India — Episode 77 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Amit Chandra):    • Ep. 77: Education in India  
9. Fixing Indian Education — Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan):    • Ep 185: Fixing Indian Education  
10. Our Unlucky Children (2007) Amit Varma: https://tinyurl.com/yk7xtkuf
11. Why India Needs School Vouchers (2007) Amit Varma: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116882...
12. Fund Schooling, Not Schools (2007) Amit Varma: https://tinyurl.com/4env7dbn
13. Where Has All the Education Gone? Lant Pritchett: https://tinyurl.com/mrxxh787
14. The first PISA results for India: The end of the beginning Lant Pritchett: https://tinyurl.com/ctrt4wm
15. Geniuses and economic development Ajay Shah: https://tinyurl.com/4z3xt38h
16. Doing better than a competitive exam Nitin Pai and Ajay Shah: https://tinyurl.com/47f23npx
17. The Aser Reports: https://asercentre.org/
18. Accelerating India's Development Karthik Muralidharan: https://amzn.in/d/0eLqkVeb
19. We Are Brains, Not Stomachs Episode 20 of Everything is Everything (on population):    • Our Population Is Our Greatest Asset ...  
20. The Long Road to Change Episode 36 of Everything is Everything:    • The Long Road to Change | Episode 36 ...  
21. PISA by OECD: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/program...
22. Private Education Is Good for the Poor James Tooley and Pauline Dixon: https://tinyurl.com/5ak68wm8
23. How Much Does Free Education Cost? Study by CCS: https://tinyurl.com/3s8ka5hy
24. The Beautiful Tree James Tooley: https://amzn.in/d/0b0dB3A1
25. Lant Pritchett Is on Team Prosperity — Episode 379 of The Seen and the Unseen:    • Ep 379: Lant Pritchett Is on Team Pro...  
26. Karthik Muralidharan and the Bureaucrat’s Burden Episode 375 of The Seen and the Unseen:    • Ep 375: Karthik Muralidharan and the ...  
27. Murali Neelakantan's tweet: https://tinyurl.com/y23zzj3c
28. James Heckman at the Unversity of Chicago: https://tinyurl.com/5h4t7bba
29. The Heckman Equation: https://heckmanequation.org/
30. It is immoral to have children. Here’s why Amit Varma: https://tinyurl.com/3ukun6w2
31. Natasha Badhwar Lives the Examined Life — Episode 301 of The Seen and the Unseen:    • Ep 301: Natasha Badhwar Lives the Exa...  
32. The Takshashila Institution: https://takshashila.org.in/
33. Stay Away From Luxury Beliefs Episode 46 of Everything is Everything:    • Stay Away From Luxury Beliefs | Episo...  
34. Three page notes considered harmful Ajay Shah: https://tinyurl.com/ydctakja
35. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis: https://amzn.in/d/0bGj3ZoE
36. Essays Lydia Davis: https://amzn.in/d/06KXJVUo
37. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee: https://amzn.in/d/0grQGDjk

Produced by Amit Varma
Shot by Vaishnav Vyas & Nomsita MS Haritashya:   / vaishnav.vyas  
Edited by Nomsita MS Haritashya:   / nomsitaharitashya  
Thanks to Gaurav Chintamani for helping with sound:   / gaurav_chintamani  
Chapter image by Simahina:   / i_am_simahina