The Nation's Got Talent: Education, Experimentation and Policy Discourses in India

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Rachel Philip

The Nation's Got Talent

Education, Experimentation and Policy Discourses in India

Rachel Philip

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Routledge India
30 November 2022

Educational strategies & policy; Primary & middle schools; Teaching of gifted students; Teaching of a specific subject; Politics & government

This book explores the construction of the idea of the ‘talented’ student in India and its relationship to the discourse of the ‘nation’. It historically situates the evolution of the National Science Talent Search (NSTS) and its subsequent avatar, the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE), with state-sponsored ideas and practices of ‘nation-building’. It also delves into how individuals who wrote and cleared the examination inhabit this identity of the ‘talented’.

Drawing on policy documents and institutional literature of over 50 years as well as interviews with past winners of the NSTS/NTSE, including a Nobel laureate, this book is a major intervention in the field of South Asian studies, public policy, and education.

By: Rachel Philip
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 553g
ISBN: 9781032290928
ISBN 10: 1032290927
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 30 November 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1 The National Talent Search Examination: A History of Evolving Aspirations 2 ‘National Science Talent’: Historicizing an Articulation 3 In Search of ‘Talent’: Constructions in Indian Education Policy 4 The ‘Science’ in the Search: The Legacy of a Brief Experiment 5 The ‘National’ in the Search: A Social Geography of Talent Identification 6 The ‘Scholar’ in the Search: Memories of the Talent Search Programme 7 The ‘Scholar’ and the ‘Nation’: The Worldview of the ‘Talented’ 8 Seeking ‘Talent’, Finding the ‘Nation’ Index

Rachel Philip is an Assistant Professor in the School of Liberal Arts, IIT Jodhpur. Her work explores the social imagination, construction, and application of discourses like ‘talent’, ‘equality’, ‘quality’, ‘interest’, etc. through the critical documentation of education interventions. With an interdisciplinary background in English Literature, Sociology, and Education, Dr Philip has previously worked with the ICICI Foundation, Pune, and taught at the Departments of Sociology of the Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) and the Indraprastha College for Women (IPCW), University of Delhi. She has also undertaken fieldwork and implemented a pre-school reading program in Innopolis, Russia.