Caste and UK education: a historical overview

Caste, and awareness of it, have been a persistent, though changing, feature of South Asian communities' experience in the UK. In twenty-first century Britain the issue of caste has come to the fore and has been hotly contested, in relation to equality legislation. In this wider context, the pr...

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Main Author: Nesbitt, Eleanor ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2020]
In: British Journal of religious education
Year: 2020, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 141-151
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Great Britain / Religious pedagogy / South Asians / Caste / Social identity / Religious identity
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AH Religious education
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBF British Isles
Further subjects:B Sikhs
B Religious Studies
B Caste
B Hindus
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Summary:Caste, and awareness of it, have been a persistent, though changing, feature of South Asian communities' experience in the UK. In twenty-first century Britain the issue of caste has come to the fore and has been hotly contested, in relation to equality legislation. In this wider context, the present article maps some of caste's historical intersections with education in the UK. The focus is, variously, on: caste as it has intersected with post-18 education; caste as a factor in families' attitudes to education; school children's awareness of caste as an aspect of their own identity and as a way of differentiating their peers; the incidence of caste-based bullying in schools; and the inclusion of caste as a topic in religious education and a matter for ongoing consideration by religious educationists.
ISSN:1740-7931
Contains:Enthalten in: British Journal of religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2019.1674780