Post-COVID Education and Inequality with Mr. Jayant Ahlawat

📚 Welcome to Season Two Episode Four—Post-COVID Education and Inequality with Mr. Jayant Ahlawat of Beyond the Gavel! In this episode, Mr. Ahlawat takes us through one of the most urgent conversations of our time: how the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified educational inequality between the Global East and West. With first-hand insights shaped by growing up in under-resourced areas, he reflects on the challenges faced by students during school closures, power outages, and limited digital access in low-income communities.

Listeners will hear about his research on global academic disparities, which explores the structural barriers—from digital divides to policy gaps—that left millions of students behind. Drawing from his paper, Mr. Ahlawat discusses ho ...