Digital Divide and the Right to Education: A Socio-Legal Critique of India's National Education Policy of 2020

Title: Digital Divide and the Right to Education
Subtitle: A Socio-Legal Critique of India's National Education Policy of 2020
Subject Classification:  Education, Law and Legal Ethics, Human Rights  
BIC Classification: JNH, LNDF, JNS
BISAC Classification: EDU034000, LAW033000, SOC026000
Binding: Hardback, eBook
Planned publication date: Oct 2026
ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-80866-126-6
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-80866-127-3

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Description

India's National Education Policy (NEP) of 2020 champions a paradigm shift towards digital education, promising a more flexible and equitable system. This timely monograph offers a critical socio-legal analysis of this ambitious policy, arguing that its unexamined embrace of digitalization threatens to exacerbate existing inequalities and undermine the fundamental right to education. Drawing on constitutional law, social theory, and empirical data, the book meticulously deconstructs the 'digital-progressive nexus' at the heart of the NEP.

It begins by tracing the historical context of educational access in India before conceptualizing the right to education as a positive state obligation. The analysis then exposes the multidimensional nature of digital discrimination, examining the access, skill, and quality gaps that disproportionately affect marginalized communities based on caste, class, gender, and geography. The book scrutinizes the rising influence of EdTech capitalism, the datafication of assessment, and the erosion of relational pedagogy. By juxtaposing the policy's progressive rhetoric with the on-ground realities of the digital divide, this work presents a compelling critique of the NEP 2020. It concludes with crucial findings and recommendations, making it an indispensable resource for students, researchers, lawyers, and policymakers in law, education, and sociology.

Biography

Author(s):  Meenakshi Sharma LLM, is an Independent Litigation Council at Dehli High Court and District Courts, Delhi. Dr Jayanta Boruah is an Assistant Professor at the Central University of Karnataka, India. Central University of Karnataka. Central University of Karnataka.

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