India, Feb. 23 -- Education systems are often judged by test scores, employability statistics, and rankings. These indicators matter, but they reveal little about whether learners can navigate uncertainty and interconnected challenges. Climate risk, economic volatility, technological disruption, and widening inequality are not separate problems. They are connected. Yet most classrooms still teach subjects in isolation.

India is in the midst of serious education reform. The National Education Policy emphasises interdisciplinarity, competency based learning, and real world relevance. This is an opportunity to align learning with the realities students will face. Yet a quieter concern persists, voiced not only by teachers and parents but in...