In keeping with the present trend of parents desirous of sending their wards to modern schools for better education, the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has put its best foot forward by opening public schools, which seek to impart education as per the curriculum of the ICSE and CBSE.
Among institutional spaces where peripheral communities represent a majority in India, public schools are significant. But they have undergone a change in character over the last three decades. Until the 1980s, public schools were the preserve of the middle and upper classes, catering to children of bureaucrats, politicians, and other elite groups. However, from the early 90s, India witnessed a strong drive towards the universalisation of elementary education.
The learning outcomes are strongly correlated with a student’s socioeconomic background. Today an overwhelming majority of parents prefer to send their wards to English medium....
