[Core] Education Emergency
Madhu Belur
belur at ee.iitb.ac.in
Sun Oct 3 14:27:59 IST 2021
I have included Prof. Lalan Kumar of IIT Delhi into this
email.
There surely would be more from IIT Delhi (in addition to
Aaditeshwar Seth and Lalan Kumar)
With regards,
Madhu
On 03-10-2021, Tanya Aggarwal <tanya98 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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 <[1]Guru at itforchange.net> wrote:
>
> I have shared the link with our networks in Delhi and also endorsed it
> on behalf of the [2]National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE)
>
> The [3]NCEE 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 [4]Hindi and in
> English and can be shared with the Education Minister as it is
> univocally in favour of school opening. The [5]NCEE 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
> [6]www.ITforChange.Net| Cell:91 9845437730 | [7]Tel:91 80 26654134,
> 26536890
> My search engine is [8]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: [9]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
> [10]LinkedIn; [11]Twitter
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 3:10 PM Guru <[12]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 '[13]Education Emergency' is vital and
> the series in Scroll etc have been good. Do refer any media
> people to a [14]brief note about this coalition and if they
> have any questions for us, we will be happy to respond. If you
> think the term '[15]Education Emergency' 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 '[16]working group on research' 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
> [17]Education Emergency link with them. You can follow
> [18]https://educationemergency.net where we will be updating media
> articles, research reports, policy trackers, mobilization programs
> on the [19]Education Emergency 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:
> [20]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
> [21]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.
> [22]https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children/
> [23]https://educationemergency.net/
>
> thanks and regards
> Guru
> --
>
> Gurumurthy Kasinathan | Director
> [24]IT for Change
> (In special consultative status with the United Nations
> ECOSOC)
> 91-80-26654134 | 91-9845437730
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Tanya Aggarwal
> +91 98184 29893
> [25]LinkedIn; [26]Twitter
>
> References
>
> Visible links
> 1. mailto:Guru at itforchange.net
> 2. https://educationemergency.net/
> 3. https://educationemergency.net/
> 4. https://educationemergency.net/2021/09/coalition-releases-research-brief/
> 5. https://educationemergency.net/policy-tracker/
> 6. http://www.itforchange.net/
> 7. file:///tmp/Tel:91
> 8. https://duckduckgo.com/
> 9. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WqUHxS6Eqv_2Dk0uNjGprPirfxceGPpf/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107516627802191781674&rtpof=true&sd=true
> 10. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-aggarwal1/
> 11. https://twitter.com/tanya_aggarwal1
> 12. mailto:Guru at itforchange.net
> 13. https://educationemergency.net/
> 14. https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children/
> 15. https://educationemergency.net/
> 16. https://educationemergency.net/coalition-members-participants/
> 17. https://educationemergency.net/
> 18. https://educationemergency.net/
> 19. https://educationemergency.net/
> 20. https://tinyurl.com/schooltaskforceletter
> 21. https://m.thewire.in/article/education/watch-karan-thapar-online-education-covid-schools
> 22. https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children/
> 23. https://educationemergency.net/
> 24. http://www.itforchange.net/
> 25. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-aggarwal1/
> 26. https://twitter.com/tanya_aggarwal1
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