Twelve years after the Right to Education Act was passed, public investment in schools remains abysmally low. Read the article on Scroll
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,…
Bengaluru students in peril after school shut for two years denies them TC
Denial of TC (Transfer Certificate) by private schools due to non payment of fees etc. is leading to thousands of students not being able to attend school. This is a violation of their fundamental right to education. Read about the sorry state of affairs in this article
Bengaluru: Man sues learning app for poor service
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ಪಠ್ಯಪುಸ್ತಕ ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಣೆ – ಒಂದು ಅನಗತ್ಯ, ಭೇದ ಕಲ್ಪಿಸುವ ಮತ್ತು ದುಬಾರಿ ಕಾರ್ಯ
ಪ್ಪ್ರಕಟನೆಯ ಕೃಪೆಗಾಗಿ ಈ ಕೆಳಗಿನ ಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕೆಂದು ನಾವು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರವನ್ನು ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ಒತ್ತಾಯಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ: ಉತ್ತಮವಾಗಿ ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನಿಸಲಾದ ಪಠ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಚೌಕಟ್ಟು ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳನ್ನು ಅನುಸರಿಸದೆ, ಅನಿಯಂತ್ರಿತ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪಠ್ಯಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿರುವ ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ ಪ್ರತಿಗಾಮಿ ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಣೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿಂತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಿ. ಹಿಂದಿನ ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಣೆಯ ನಂತರ ಹಲವು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಬಳಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಪಠ್ಯಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನು ಮುದ್ರಿಸಿ, ಸರಬರಾಜು ಮಾಡಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಒದಗಿಸಿ. ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೋವಿಡ್ ನಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾಗಿರುವ ಗಂಭೀರ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದ ಬಿಕ್ಕಟ್ಟನ್ನು ಪರಿಹರಿಸಲು ಶಕ್ತಿಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಂದ್ರೀಕರಿಸಿ, ಕ್ರಿಯಾಯೋಜನೆ…
Textbook revision – an unnecessary, divisive, and costly exercise
For Immediate Release. 02.06.2022 We strongly urge the Government of Karnataka to: Revoke the recent revisions to the textbooks, which are regressive in nature, and have been done in an arbitrary manner, without adherence to well-defined curriculum framework and processes. Print and supply the textbooks which have been in use…
Public hearing – Covid Impact on Education of Vulnerable Children
ActionAid Association and Slum Mahila Sanghatane organized a public hearing on the impact of Covid-19 on Children’s Education on the 22nd of March at SCM House Bangalore. Download Report of Jury on the Public Hearing COVID has had a terrible impact on every aspect of life, as we all know.…
Cries of Anguish
The main finding of this study of households in Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu is the following: Poor parents are desperate about the education future of their children and fully conscious of the devastating toll that prolonged school closure has taken on the learning, socio-emotional development and behaviour of their…
Data check: Twelve Indian states have reduced the share of education in their Budget allocations
Nineteen of 21 states are estimated to have spent less than what they set out to in 2020-’21.