The percentage of rural children who were not enrolled in school doubled during the pandemic, with Government schools seeing an increase in enrolment at the expense of private schools, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2021. Over a third of children enrolled in Classes 1 and 2…
We mustn’t ignore a big crisis of education staring us in the face
The majority of students need a year to recover learning losses.To make matters worse, too many states are pressing teachers hard to test children and continue with the current class syllabus. Unless there is a sharp and quick change in the dispositions and actions of our states, we can anticipate…
Fixing India’s education crisis is key for development: Jean Drèze
Development does not mean having more US Dollars, but people living well with good nourishment, education, longer life, more freedom and so on. Universal quality education could make a major contribution to greater equity in Indian society, says economist Prof Jean Drèze.
Schools, colleges in West Bengal to reopen today
Schools will open for Class 9 and above; COVID-19 protocols will be strictly enforced. Schools and colleges in West Bengal are set to reopen on Tuesday — after a gap of close to two years forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNICEF concerns about learning loss among Indian Children during Pandemic, says UNICEF India Representative Yasumasa Kimura
UNICEF India Representative Yasumasa Kimura said that children in India facing a learning crisis and the future of an entire generation is at risk. To seize out this crisis, UNICEF India today unveiled a symbolic ‘pandemic classroom’ installation in observance of Children’s day in India
‘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
School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System
The pandemic can be an opportunity to recalibrate priorities. Education along with health, jobs and climate change should be the core ingredients of our recovery plan.