[Core] Education Emergency

Sun Oct 3 10:11:34 IST 2021

Many thanks - we need another 13 to reach (a respectable) 50 so would
appreciate it if you and others could get more to sign on.

On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 at 2:40 AM, Guru <Guru at itforchange.net> wrote:

> I have shared the link with our networks in Delhi and also endorsed it on
> behalf of the National Coalition on the Education Emergency
> <https://educationemergency.net> (NCEE)
>
> The NCEE <https://educationemergency.net>  recently released a 'Research
> Brief''which collates Indian and global research studies on Covid and
> Education carried out over the last 18 months. This research brief is
> available in Hindi and in English
> <https://educationemergency.net/2021/09/coalition-releases-research-brief/>
> and can be shared with the Education Minister as it is univocally in favour
> of school opening. The NCEE Policy Tracker
> <https://educationemergency.net/policy-tracker/> also shows that most
> states in India have  opened high schools and some have also opened higher
> primary schools.
>
> regards,
> Guru
>
> Gurumurthy Kasinathan
> www.ITforChange.Net| Cell:91 9845437730 | Tel:91 <91> 80 26654134,
> 26536890
> My search engine is https://duckduckgo.com. Make it yours.
> On 01/10/21 2:37 pm, Tanya Aggarwal wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> So far, our representations/letters for opening schools have fallen on
> deaf ears.
>
> In Delhi, schools remain closed for classes up to class 8 (for 1.5 years
> and counting). However, festive gatherings have been allowed, and of
> course, everything else remains open as usual.
>
> We are now trying a much more scaled down request to Delhi authorities to
> allow children up to class 8 to come to school at least once a week for
> sports/music, etc.
>
> If you know of any Delhi-based people who would be willing to sign, the
> document is available here:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WqUHxS6Eqv_2Dk0uNjGprPirfxceGPpf/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107516627802191781674&rtpof=true&sd=true
>
>
> If anyone is unable to comment to add their name, then please email me
> with your name, profession, location, etc.
>
> Best regards,
> Tanya Aggarwal
> +91 98184 29893
> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-aggarwal1/>; Twitter
> <https://twitter.com/tanya_aggarwal1>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 3:10 PM Guru <Guru at itforchange.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Reetika for your response.
>>
>> I understand you are super busy, so two requests for your support, which
>> are based on what you are anyway doing:
>>
>>    1. Making media cover the *'Education Emergency
>>    <https://educationemergency.net>' *is vital and the series in Scroll
>>    etc have been good.  Do refer any media people to a brief note
>>    <https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children/>
>>    about this  coalition and if they have any questions for us, we will be
>>    happy to respond.  If you think the term *'**Education Emergency
>>    <https://educationemergency.net>'  *is evocative, do use it in your
>>    interviews/writings etc and refer to the National Coalition being formed to
>>    discuss/raise awareness of this issue. The more individuals/institutions
>>    that are a part of this coalition and can work together to raise awareness
>>    including of parents, across states, the more chances we have of persuading
>>    some governments to open schools and serve as a model to other states. We
>>    are also translating materials to
>>    Hindi/Bengali/Marathi/Tamil/Kannada/Malayalam etc and this can also be
>>    shared with the regional language publications.
>>    2. We have a 'working group on research
>>    <https://educationemergency.net/coalition-members-participants/>'
>>    that is collating all the studies/surveys done and periodically release
>>    compilation of these studies. So do share your survey with us.
>>
>> If there are individuals/organizations in your network who would like to
>> form part of the national coalition, do share the *Education Emergency
>> <https://educationemergency.net>* link with them. You can follow
>> https://educationemergency.net where we will be updating media articles,
>> research reports, policy trackers, mobilization programs on the  *Education
>> Emergency <https://educationemergency.net> *regularly.
>>
>> regards
>> Guru
>>
>>
>> On 06/08/21 12:08 pm, Reetika Khera wrote:
>>
>> Dear all: With some colleagues, we are planning to do a small survey on
>> the situation with online schooling in the coming two weeks. Besides that,
>> I don't think  can do much because I'm badly swamped with admin duties at
>> IIT Delhi. Even the interview with Karan Thapar, my main role was to send
>> him some reading material and to agree to be a prop while he spoke :)
>>
>> I've been trying to get a few media people interested in doing ground
>> reports and they are coming in a trickle (NDTV/Alok Pande did one from UP;
>> today there's something from Jharkhand/Latehar by Saurav Kumar in
>> Newsclick; scroll has done a few case studies or they are on the anvil and
>> so on).
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> R
>>
>>
>> On 05-08-2021 17:55, Guru wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Aadi for connecting
>>
>> Dear Bhaskar,
>> So encouraging to hear from you, I will call you tomorrow morning around
>> 11 if that is Ok for you. If  not do indicate anytime tomorrow.
>> We have a meeting on Aug  7, at 6 pm of a 'working group on social
>> mobilization' whose aim it is to create a larger social pressure for school
>> opening and it would be great to have you and other colleagues in that
>> group.
>>
>> regards,
>> Guru
>>
>>
>> On 05/08/21 2:19 pm, Bhaskaran Raman wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Aadi for connecting.
>>
>> Dear Guru,
>>
>> I am taking the liberty of copying a few of my colleagues and friends; a
>> group of us have been doing what we can do push for reopening schools.
>>
>> I am attaching an OpEd my colleague Om Damani and I wrote in The Hindu a
>> couple of weeks back.
>>
>> A group of 50+ of us also wrote an open letter to CMs of Maharashtra,
>> Delhi, Karnataka: https://tinyurl.com/schooltaskforceletter and this got
>> some media attention on the issue too.
>>
>> Do call me any time: 9820082064 . I wish to talk to you about your effort
>> which seems sorely needed, and how we can all work together.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bhaskar.
>>
>> On 05/08/21 12:53 pm, Aaditeshwar Seth wrote:
>>
>> Dear Guru,
>>
>> Yes for sure, I'm CCing Reetika. She is of course the front-runner here
>> in raising these and other social issues to public attention.
>>
>> I am also CCing Professor Bhaskaran Raman from IIT Bombay who has also
>> been championing the aspect of re-opening of schools. He recently put in a
>> letter to several state CMs endorsed by a wide network of academics,
>> lawyers, and educationalists.
>>
>> Dear Reetika and Bhaskar, Guru leads IT for Change in Bangalore. He has a
>> very rich experience of working with the education system especially in
>> Kerala and Karnataka, and is also a strong advocate for the use of FOSS
>> (free and open-source software) in schools to replace the use of
>> proprietary software in teaching and the education curriculum. Please do
>> see the links below on the education emergency.
>>
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Aadi
>>
>>
>> On 8/5/2021 12:44 PM, Guru wrote:
>>
>> on another note Aadi
>>
>> I am part of a  National Coalition on the Education Emergency, which  has
>> been formed, to create a wider social mobilization around the issues
>> connected to school closure.
>>
>> I saw an interview of Reetika Khera, IIT-D on
>> https://m.thewire.in/article/education/watch-karan-thapar-online-education-covid-schools
>> and she has discussed many of the points we have been speaking about.
>> While many are saying clearly that schools and colleges must open
>> (carefully), bringing them together  and connecting these ideas to
>> communities, mass organizations would  make the task of persuading
>> governments less difficult.
>>
>> Would it be possible for you to forward this mail to her, I would like to
>> discuss and see how she could amplify the messages as well as support us in
>> building a larger social mobilization around this issue.
>>
>> https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children/
>> https://educationemergency.net/
>>
>> thanks and regards
>> Guru
>> --
>>
>> *Gurumurthy Kasinathan* | Director
>> IT for Change <http://www.itforchange.net/>
>> (*In special consultative status with the United Nations ECOSOC)*
>>   91-80-26654134 | 91-9845437730
>>
>>
>>
>>
> --
Best regards,
Tanya Aggarwal
+91 98184 29893
LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-aggarwal1/>; Twitter
<https://twitter.com/tanya_aggarwal1>
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