— Prof. Rajaram S. Sharma, Former Joint Director, CIET, NCERT, New Delhi The evolution of mass education has resulted in a school model which involves structuring and age-wise stratification, organisation of curricula, training of teachers in the techniques of instruction, classroom processes, enablers such as timetables or lesson plans and…
Mapping Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India
In this research, Nisha Vernekar, Aditya Narayan Rai and Karan Singhal of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, have systematically compiled and analysed sources of information between April 2020 and May 2022. Three types of sources have been compiled and analysed – (i) nationally representative surveys (conducted by the State and…
Webinar on Exploring the Education Technology Landscape
Please fill up https://tinyurl.com/edtechwebinarfeedback to share your quick feedback Landscape report is available here Webinar link – click here If the Webinar room is full, join the YouTube live stream video here CESI Membership To become member of a CESI RIG, one must become LIFE MEMBER of CESI (this has…
STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON CHILDREN IN FOUR STATES IN INDIA
Read the report here Tata Trusts commissioned and supported a research study to assess and understand “Impact of Covid-19 on Children in 4 States – Jharkhand, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.” The study aimed at understand impact of the pandemic in multi-dimensional manner, going beyond only education or livelihood. The…
NCEE recommends that blanket school closures not be an immediate response to the air pollution crisis in Delhi.
The Delhi government had closed primary schools last week, based on a recommendation from the NCPCR, owing to the air pollution crisis in the city. As the air quality has improved, schools have been re-opened from today. While the concern about the health and well-being of children is valid, the…
Report on Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India
Download report here Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy has just launched their new research report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India | April 2020-May 2022”. In the context of varied estimations of the impact of COVID-19 on the Out of School Children…
NCEE is hiring
Position: Coordinator Organisation: National Coalition on the Education EmergencyLocation: Bengaluru/Delhi (preferred) About the Organisation: The National Coalition on the Education Emergency is a group of individuals and organisations that have come together to work on issues relating to the impact on the pandemic on school education in India. The NCEE…
The State of Access to Education for Migrant Children
Link to Report In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, migrant children, who did not have consistent access to schools anyway, were completely deprived of any kind of education for a considerable length of time. Once physical schools reopened, there were minimal or no efforts made to address student learning…
Insights from a Study of Middle School Students’ Foundational Mathematics and Language Skills
Introduction 175 students from government higher primary schools in Bengaluru were engaged as part of a study to understand their learning needs in the context of schools being re-opened after the prolonged school closures during the pandemic. The study was conducted through a series of activities wherein students worked individually,…
Digital Dollar? An exploratory study of the investments by IFC in the Indian educational technology sector
A review of the investee companies of International Finance Corporation reveals that there are serious gaps between the work of these companies, and the priorities of Indian education, with respect to questions of access, affordability and inclusion; adherence to labor, environment and child protection standards, and quality of services