Survey of primary schools in 16 districts of Jharkhand conducted by the Gyan Vigyan Samiti Jharkhand and similar studies conducted by the National Coalition on the Education Emergency in other geographies will be shared. Meeting recording link available here Download the reports The Jharkhand schools study report can be accessed…
Webinar on 23.12.22 – Is EdTech a danger to Education?
Watch the webinar recording on https://youtu.be/1BEnk1-JJGA. Reports discussed in the Webinar: Access the report – Digital Dollar? An exploratory study of the investments by IFC in the Indian educational technology sector Access the policy brief – Educational Technology in School Education in India Join EdTech India Watch on Telegram :…
BYJU’S malpractices – affecting employees and parents
This is a two-part investigation into Byju’s business practices. Part 1 – https://www.context.news/money-power-people/byjus-staff-reveal-harsh-work-conditions-at-indian-tech-giant Part 2 – https://www.context.news/money-power-people/loss-after-loss-indian-parents-say-byjus-pushed-them-into-debt
Landscape Report on Educational Technology in Schools
— 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 The EdTech Landscape report is available here See YouTube live stream video here CESI Membership To become a member of a CESI RIG, one must become a LIFE MEMBER of CESI (this has a fee is 5000 Rs). Then one can…
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…
What a withdrawn Karnataka memo seeking Rs 100 from parents says about education funding in India
Twelve years after the Right to Education Act was passed, public investment in schools remains abysmally low. Read the article on Scroll
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…