Learning loss higher among lower primary students: Report
Education experts and school managements want lower primary classes to be reopened immediately
Back at school: On student safety
State governments have taken the difficult decision to reopen schools for some classes, encouraged by a consensus among public health experts that the benefits to students and society at large outweigh the risks of a COVID-19 surge. A week after many of them reopened, mainly at the secondary and higher…
Open Schools, Focus on Recovering Lost Learning: Clear Voice of Teachers, APF Field Studies in Education August 2021
Open Schools, Focus on Recovering Lost Learning: Clear Voice of Teachers, APF Field Studies in Education August 2021
No tests, mostly activities for school students in UP
There is some good news for school children in Uttar Pradesh. Those who are returning to school after almost 18 months will be eased into campus life and no tests will be held for them in the near future, said the government.
Closure of schools catastrophic for the poor in last 18 months: Report
Report highlights the challenges of online classes; over 90% of underprivileged parents want schools to reopen
ASER shows huge drop in learning levels in Karnataka
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), which was drawn up in March 2021 in only Karnataka this year, found a huge drop in learning levels in both reading and numeracy, especially for primary classes. What is worrying is that the survey, which was released on Monday, reported nearly a…
Kids and COVID: why young immune systems are still on top
Innate immunity might be the key to why children have fared better with the virus. But the Delta variant poses fresh unknowns.