A study of 84 school students in Talsar and Mundhe villages in the Konkan region of Maharashtra assesses their critical thinking process. It also attempts to assess the schools' role in bringing students from different castes together. It can be seen that schools and society complement each other in promoting uncritical thought processes which, in turn, reinforce traditional thinking.
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