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…
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…
COVID-19 Learning Loss and Recovery: Panel Data Evidence from India
AbstractWe use a near-representative household panel survey of ∼19,000 primary-school-aged children in rural Tamil Nadu to study the extent of ‘learning loss’ after COVID-19 school closures, the pace of recovery in the months after schools reopened, and the role of a flagship compensatory intervention introduced by the state government. Students…
NCEE supports Bihar Kalam Satyagraha
The Bihar Kalam Satyagraha is a movement that is seeking to bring together citizen awareness on the quality of education in the state. It has been established beyond doubt that poor quality of education further leads to unemployment, rise in crime and unrest, among other things. Bihar often features at…
With school closures fuelling inequality, fears grow that a whole generation might be lost
Without urgent action, many countries could end up without the skilled workers they need for their future development, says UNICEF’s head of education.