The geo-political unit of South Asia is formed by ten modern nation-states that include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. These South Asian countries have a long shared history of over 3 millennia. Their common religious and cultural heritage can be traced back in the more recent past to the hold of the Mughal rulers over large parts of the region as also to British colonisation of different territories of South Asia. Today, South Asia accounts for 24% of the world’s population including 27% of the world’s youth, 29% of the world’s ‘illiterates’ and 40% of the world’s poor. The region is also home to a high concentration of linguistic, cultural and religious diversities as well as economic and social inequalities that give its politics, institutions and development a unique character while also posing unique challenges.At present, scholarship on the education systems in South Asia is very limited. Each country with its ...
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