To celebrate their child’s return to school after prolonged lockdowns, a family hired a small band to play festive music outside the school gate. A video of the amusing sight has now taken social media by storm.
‘Smaller Citizens: Writings on the Making of Indian Citizens’ review: The crisis in education
Krishna Kumar highlights the disparities that exist in the system: gender, caste, class, and the urban-rural gap, and also casts a light on how schools treat their youngest citizens.
‘Schools must focus on foundational literacy’
Very few teachers feel majority of their students are at grade-appropriate level: Survey
National Achievement Survey to be held on November 12
The next round of the National Achievement Survey (NAS), aimed at assessing competencies of students of third, fifth, eighth and tenth grades, will be held across the country on November 12 this year, as per the Union Education Ministry.
Newsletter 3 (Oct-Nov) from the Coalition
This update from the National Coalition on The Education Emergency covers the work done by the three working groups of the coalition, the release of ‘A Future at Stake’, the Policy Tracker, research briefs and other news related to the education emergency. Click here to view the Newsletter
School opening guidelines
Guidelines from National Coalition on the Education Emergency A Future at Stake Short guidelines (Academic action points) – English and Kannada Guidelines from Government of India SOP school opening – Government of India Guidelines from State Governments Government of Tamil Nadu Government of West Bengal Government of Telangana Andhra Pradesh,…
Need to restore normalcy in education, says govt
In as many as 22 states and union territories, schools have been allowed to resume as the Covid-19 outbreak has receeded across the country, according to the government.