Short staffing, emotionally vulnerable students, stress and safety have been major issues for educators this year.
Children and schooling in the post-COVID-19 era
India will have to confront bitter facts if it wants to prepare a recovery plan of any credible and practical value
SSLC exams switch back to descriptive mode this year
Students appearing for class 10 (SSLC) board exams in the state this academic year will have to prepare to write descriptive answers
Urgent appeal to MPs
An Appeal to Hon’ble Members of Parliament PDF Urgently Address the Education Emergency in India Education Emergency India’s children are living through the twin catastrophes created by the pandemic: the loss of lives and livelihoods of parents and relatives. The third catastrophe, the potential loss of their future due to…
We will close down schools, colleges if need be: Karnataka Education Minister
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Primary and Higher Education BC Nagesh on Monday stated that the state government will once again close down schools and colleges if there is a further increase in the number of COVID cases in the state and it poses threat to students.
The way to tackle malnutrition
It is high time that the process of monitoring nutrition got importance over survey outcomes
In India, as the virus abates, a hunger crisis persists
In a separate 2020 survey by Azim Premji University I Bangalore, 90 percent of respondents reported a reduction in food intake due to the lockdown. Twenty percent of respondents continued to battle the problem even six months later.
Meat, nutrition and the unpalatable politics of food
Karnataka is the last of the South Indian states to include eggs in midday meals.
Eggs every day for all children
The NCEE endorsed a statement released by the Right to Food campaign, Karnataka, asking the government to increase the planned provision of eggs thrice a week to students in North East Karnataka, to cover all children in the state and provide eggs daily as a part of the midday meals.…
A Way to Break the Cycle of Poverty
A study published this summer by Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman and his colleagues takes the implications of Perry a giant step further. This research demonstrates that the children of the Perry preschoolers are also better off because of their parents’ experience.