Improving Economic Education: Some Notes on an 'Elephant in the Room'

Diverse views on making disoriented and brain-faded undergraduate economics students love the subject are noted. Based on our own observations and perceptions in Delhi University, we propose that apart from what can be done to make the pedagogy lively, there are very interesting unconventional ideas, especially about content of economics, which need to be prioritized, appreciated and implemented by the teaching community as also educational designers and administrators. Also, the barriers against desirable change need to be overcome, which is easier said than done.