Mistakenly, a curfewed school is regarded as the best educational institution that churns out "disciplined" students. A principal who comports himself as a dictatorial administrator and a teacher who is morbidly sensitive even to a pin drop in a classroom are placed on a high pedestal in educational circles, as they, to get quantified results of higher grades, maintain a pall of fear and intimidation over students. Given the prevalent metrics of success in our education system, they succeed in their mission but at the cost of creativity and ingenuity.

School formalism requires nothing but compliance without any skosh of delay and demur. Even if a teacher defying the status quo dares stir the slumbering minds, the curriculum, examination system and his job security don't give him any leeway to exercise the demands of his calling. Ultimately, pedagogy is orphaned of intellectual autonomy. Acquiescence to totalitarian authority at schools replaces the learning for intellectual growth with what John Holt calls 'the charade of learning'. The........

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