How Secular Education Can Help Kashmir And Ladakh Overcome Trauma And Move Towards An Inclusive Future indiatoday.in

One of the most conflicted regions in the world, Kashmir is surrounded with parts of it occupied by three nuclear-armed countries. Historically and politically, the valley has thus served as a pot for the boiling soup engendered of decades of violence and oppression which, in turn, has been shoved down the throat of everyone living in the insurgency-hit region.

Education has long been considered the most powerful emancipatory tool throughout known history. While it undoubtedly holds the potential for salvaging the young, bright Kashmiri minds from the oppressive mire the land is entrenched in, the prospects look weak on account of a variety of reasons.

The crisis of high unemployment currently afflicting Kashmir (along with India) and oppressive as well as volatile geo-political landscape are some of the major factors that propel young Kashmiris toward insurgent movements, much as it has in many other conflict zones around the globe.