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Equity in and through Education

The Comparative Education Society in Europe ඏඈඅඎආൾ 5 Series Editor Stephen Carney, Roskilde University, Denmark (CESE President) Editorial Board: The CESE Executive Committee Carlo Cappa, University of Rome, Italy Eleftherios Klerides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus +DQV*HRUJ.RWWKR൵Freiburg University of Education, Germany Paul Morris, UCL Institute of Education, England Eleni Prokou, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece Michele Schweisfurth, University of Glasgow, Scotland 7KH&RPSDUDWLYH(GXFDWLRQ6RFLHW\LQ(XURSH &(6( LVDQLQWHUQDWLRQDOQRQSUR¿WPDNLQJ DVVRFLDWLRQRIVFLHQWL¿FDQGHGXFDWLRQDOFKDUDFWHU&(6(ZDVIRXQGHGLQLQ/RQGRQDQG LVDIRXQGLQJVRFLHW\RIWKH:RUOG&RXQFLORI&RPSDUDWLYH(GXFDWLRQ6RFLHWLHV :&&(6  CESE has traditionally promoted a space for dialogue amongst scholars, specialists and \RXQJ UHVHDUFKHUV IURP WKH ¿HOG RI HGXFDWLRQ DQG RWKHU GLVFLSOLQHV 0RUH VSHFL¿FDOO\ LWV purpose is to encourage and promote comparative and international studies in education by: ‡ S URPRWLQJDQGLPSURYLQJWKHWHDFKLQJRIFRPSDUDWLYHHGXFDWLRQLQLQVWLWXWLRQVRIKLJKHU learning; ‡ V WLPXODWLQJUHVHDUFK ‡ I DFLOLWDWLQJWKHSXEOLFDWLRQDQGGLVWULEXWLRQRIFRPSDUDWLYHVWXGLHVLQHGXFDWLRQ ‡ LQWHUHVWLQJSURIHVVRUVDQGWHDFKHUVRIRWKHUGLVFLSOLQHVLQWKHFRPSDUDWLYHDQGLQWHUQDWLRQDO dimension of their work; ‡ F RRSHUDWLQJ ZLWK WKRVH ZKR LQ RWKHU GLVFLSOLQHV DWWHPSW WR LQWHUSUHW HGXFDWLRQDO developments in a broad context; ‡ R UJDQLVLQJFRQIHUHQFHVDQGPHHWLQJV ‡ F ROODERUDWLQJ ZLWK RWKHU &RPSDUDWLYH (GXFDWLRQ 6RFLHWLHV DFURVV WKH ZRUOG LQ RUGHU WR IXUWKHULQWHUQDWLRQDODFWLRQLQWKLV¿HOG Every two years CESE organises an international conference of high scholarly standards which attracts academics, scholars, practitioners and students from all parts of Europe and DURXQGWKHZRUOG7KURXJKRXWLWVKLVWRU\&(6(KDVRUJDQLVHGWZHQW\IRXUVXFKFRQIHUHQFHV a special conference for the 25th anniversary of the Society, a symposium, and two ‘CESE ,Q%HWZHHQV¶ ,Q%HWZHHQV DUH LQWHUQDWLRQDO V\PSRVLD RUJDQLVHG EHWZHHQ WKH ELHQQLDO FRQIHUHQFHV$ZHEVLWHRI&(6(LVPDLQWDLQHGDWKWWSZZZFHVHHXURSHRUJ

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How ‘symbolic resources’ are used and valued is especially relevant in a community which contains distinct groups; extremely privileged and extremely XQGHUSULYLOHJHG LQGLYLGXDOV 7KH PHDQV XVHG WR DWWDLQ RU UHWDLQ FXOWXUDO DQG V\PEROLFFDSLWDOPD\,FRQWHQGEHEHVWXQGHUVWRRGLQWHUPVRIµV\PEROLFUHVRXUFHV¶ %RXUGLHX  S   DUJXHG WKDW EHFDXVH RI LWV DXWRQRPRXV QDWXUH FXOWXUDO capital in the form of educational qualifications can become symbolic capital (“prestige, reputation, fame”), which is the form capital takes when “perceived and UHFRJQL]HGDVOHJLWLPDWH´,QFRQWH[WVVXFKDV0DOODJDRQZKHUHDFFHVVWRVFKRROLQJ and academic qualifications have recently increased massively amongst traditionally excluded groups, the traditionally advantaged: «VWHSXSWKHLULQYHVWPHQWV«>LQHGXFDWLRQ@WRPDLQWDLQWKHUHODWLYHVFDUFLW\ RIWKHLUTXDOLILFDWLRQV« %RXUGLHX>@ $OWKRXJK WKH TXDOLILFDWLRQ LV D IRUP RI µV\PEROLF FDSLWDO¶ %RXUGLHX   , argue that the actual efforts taken by the privileged to keep their position in the FDVWH VWUXFWXUH DUH EHWWHUXQGHUVWRRG LQ WHUPV RI =LWWRXQHW DO¶V   µV\PEROLF resources’, which consist of ‘symbolic elements’ which the privileged deliberately use to reinforce the threatened ‘social representation’ in which they are powerful, DQGWRHQVXUHWKHLUSUHURJDWLYHWRµV\PEROLFFDSLWDO¶ :(//%(,1*$60,*5$7,21)25$%(77(5('8&$7,21

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In part owing to the example set by the upper castes such as those described above, PDQ\'DOLWVDOVR\HDUQWRHVFDSHWKHFRPPXQLW\DQGPRYHWRDWRZQRUFLW\9LNUDP WKHILUVWRIKLV'DOLWFODQWREHFRPHOLWHUDWHZLVKHGWRPLJUDWH DQGKDVGRQHVRVLQFH I carried out my research), despite the niche he had made for himself locally as a successful businessman, no longer dependent on Mallagaon’s upper castes for his VXUYLYDO7KLVLVDOVREHFDXVHKHEHOLHYHVWKDWWKHORFDOVFKRROSURYLGHVDQHGXFDWLRQ that is “not useful for life”, and that he and his son would gain greater knowledge XQDYDLODEOHORFDOO\ LQDFLW\ 9LNUDPGHVFULEHGµout-knowledge’, as he and other in Mallagaon term it, thus: Knowledge of outside, after going out your good and bad people, good and EDG WUHQGV DOO FDQ EH XQGHUVWRRG 7KH FKLOGUHQ WKHUH >LQ 'KDQJDGKL@ ZKR KDYHFRPSOHWHG&ODVVRUKDYHPRUHH[SHULHQFHWKDQWKRVHZKRKDYHGRQH ,QWHUPHGLDWH (GXFDWLRQ DQG %DFKHORU RI (GXFDWLRQ KHUH 7KH\ NQRZ DERXW HYHU\WKLQJ $OWKRXJKKHSUHIHUV0DOODJDRQKLVELUWKSODFH9LNUDPH[SODLQHGWKDW «WKHUH LV QRW WKDW PXFK >RSSRUWXQLW\ KHUH@ « ,I \RX OLYH RXWVLGH JRRG NQRZOHGJHFRPHV ,IKHFRXOGDIIRUGLW9LNUDPGUHDPVRIVHQGLQJKLVVRQWRDSULYDWH(QJOLVKPHGLXP GD\VFKRROLQ'KDQJDGKLLQRUGHUWKDWKHPD\EHQHILWIURPµout-knowledge’ and so escape village life since: 8QWLORQHJHWVRXWRIKHUHRQHLVOLNHDIURJLQDZHOO$IURJLQDZHOOFDQQRWJR DQ\ZKHUH«GRHVQRWNQRZDQ\WKLQJDERXWWKLQJVRXWVLGH The newly forming discourse of ‘out-knowledge’ appears to include formal education outside the village, informal learning derived from wider experience (both good and bad) and opportunities which people living in rural areas like Mallagaon are often XQDZDUHRIRUFDQQRWDFFHVV 

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9LNUDP¶V WKLUVW IRU µout-knowledge’ probably led him to dismiss Mallagaon as “your village area” believing that children who stay will be “ruined”; his decisions seem greatly influenced by how much ‘out-knowledge’ he can access, or dream of accessing, for himself and his family7KHYDOXH9LNUDPDWWDFKHVWRµout-knowledge’ comes from personal experience; it is from skills training in Kathmandu, not from the local school, that he believes he learnt what he required to be a successful EXVLQHVVPDQ Shivapriya, a young Chhetria upper caste woman who emigrated after studying a sixth form level teaching course at the local school, similarly appreciates life in the city for the new things that can be learnt, including skills such as knitting and NQRZOHGJH RXWVLGH WH[WERRNV HVSHFLDOO\ DERXW FRSLQJ LQ WKH RXWVLGH ZRUOG 6KH will educate her son anywhere except in the villages because there “they don’t have NQRZOHGJHRIRXWVLGHWKLQJV´ 7KHZD\VLQZKLFK9LNUDPPDUJLQDOLVHGE\FDVWHDQG6KLYDSUL\DGLVDGYDQWDJHG by gender, talk about their plans for their children’s education outside the village can also be understood as symbolic elements made, through their verbalisation, into V\PEROLFUHVRXUFHV7KHLUFDSDFLW\WRLPDJLQHGLIIHUHQWIXWXUHVLPSURYHVWKHLUVHOI image and helps them to reposition themselves in the social hierarchy, experiencing wellbeing through the different interactions they are now able to have with others PRUHSULYLOHJHGWKDQWKHPVHOYHVHYHQLIWKHLUDVSLUDWLRQVFRPHWRQRWKLQJ The understanding that urban life and education lead to personal wellbeing through ‘out-knowledge’ may derive from the familiarisation of the outside world through radio, television and increased geographical mobility,WLVDOVRGHULYHGIURP DGLVFRXUVHRIGHYHORSPHQWDVPRGHUQLVDWLRQVWLOOSUHYDOHQWLQ1HSDODQGH[SORUHG E\3LJJLQWKHHDUO\V6KHIRXQGWKDWPDQ\1HSDOLVVDZµbikas’ (development) DV HLWKHU VRPHWKLQJ H[WHUQDO WR 1HSDO RU FLW\EDVHG WKH FLW\ UHSUHVHQWLQJ WKH economically rich future to be strived for and the village the poverty-ensnared SDVWWREHOHIWEHKLQG7KLVOHDGVWRSRODULVDWLRQRIYLOODJHDQGFLW\DQGWRYLOODJHUV¶ understanding that ‘bikas’ involves external agency and goods, and that, as µYLOODJHUV¶FRPPXQLW\PHPEHUVDUHLJQRUDQWDQGOHIWEHKLQG 3LJJ  Thus far, I have shown how the dominant understanding of wellbeing as escape from rural village life is relational, dependent upon the actions and opportunities open to other community members and structured by institutional forms of social RUJDQLVDWLRQDQGWKHGLVFRXUVHVDVVRFLDWHGZLWKWKHP,KDYHDOVRGHPRQVWUDWHGKRZ these understandings and discourses develop through human agency and personal H[SHULHQFH:RPHQDQG'DOLWVYDOXHV\PEROLFUHVRXUFHVDVPHDQVWRDWWDLQZHOOEHLQJ through either talk of escape, which gives them a sense of greater equity and freedom as well as improving their self-image, or through actual escape from the village for better opportunities and for liberty from the gender or caste restrictions experienced LQ0DOODJDRQ7KLVSURFHVVOHDGVWRWKHIRUPDWLRQRIQHZGLVFRXUVHVDQGWKXVKHOSV to change institutionalised discourses and practice, as I will explore, having first illustrated how the school and CEW’s hostel-based programme contribute to the GHVLUHWROHDYHWKHFRPPXQLW\ 

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