In Our Educational Problem, Har Dayal argues that government schooling has undermined national self-respect while shaping political loyalty to foreign rule.
This provocative examination questions who benefits from schooling and what true political awakening looks like in a colonized society. The book frames a debate about education, power, and the path a nation should take to gain real autonomy.
- Discover Dayal’s view of how schooling influenced leadership, policy, and national sentiment.
- See historical examples of how elites and common people respond differently to education and governance.
- Consider why “progress” and “reform” in education can clash with a nation’s sense of identity.
- Reflect on what kind of education might truly empower a people to govern themselves.
Ideal for readers of political history, postcolonial thought, and debates over education and national independence.
Lala Har Dayal (14 October 1884 in Delhi, India – 4 March 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an Indian nationalist revolutionary. He was a polymath who turned down a career in the Indian Civil Service. His simple living and intellectual acumen inspired many expatriate Indians living in Canada and the USA to fight against British Imperialism during the First World War.