Pherali, TJ;
(2011)
Education and conflict in Nepal: possibilities for reconstruction.
Globalisation, Societies and Education
, 9
(1)
pp. 135-154.
10.1080/14767724.2010.513590.
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Abstract
This paper analyses the nexus of the ‘People's War’ and education in Nepal and argues that education was one of the main causes of the violent conflict. Despite ‘modernisation’ efforts and increased participation, schools in Nepal continued to embody socially and culturally prejudiced values and institutionally legitimised the inequitable practices through the education system. Drawing on qualitative interviews with educational stakeholders from six diverse districts across the country, this paper shows how manifold deficiencies in the education system contributed to generate and fuel the ‘ideology-led’ Maoist rebellion and subsequently how schools thus became a key battlefield of the violent conflict.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Education and conflict in Nepal: possibilities for reconstruction |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14767724.2010.513590 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2010.513590 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | schools, education, conflict, peace-building, Nepal |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10139032 |
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