I really detest the phrase “merit pay,” in any of its multiple incarnations, mostly because genuine merit has nothing to do with the dangling-carrot incentivizing attached to education policy these ...

The Centralised Admission Policy (CAP) committee is responsible for ensuring smooth and transparent admissions in all public sector colleges and higher secondary schools of the city. Initially, these ...

Merit might seem a better qualification for entrance than having Harvard-educated parents. But must merit mean academic excellence alone, as it does in much of Western Europe? What is wrong with ...