Govt. issues standard operating procedure
Karnataka to resume physical classes for standards 6-8 from September 6
As of now Bengaluru has had 0.54% TPR over the last week, which means schools in the district can open.
Schools in Puducherry directed to prepare for September 1 reopening
The government has directed schools to complete preparatory measures ahead of the September 1 resumption of offline classes for Classes IX to XII in the Union Territory. A circular issued by P.T. Rudra Goud, Director of School Education, instructed the heads of all schools in Puducherry to adhere to the…
Making sure that girls don’t drop out of school
Addressing gender bias in education requires providing social, financial and emotional support to the girl child.
Covid-19: The Indian children who have forgotten how to read and write
In India, schools have remained shut since March last year when the country went into lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19. Affluent private schools and their students switched to online classes seamlessly, but government-run schools have struggled. And their students – often with no laptops or smartphones and patchy…
Tribal student in Kerala falls from tree while attending online class, fractures spine
The student had climbed a tree to get network coverage for his phone, to access digital classes. An incident that took place on Thursday in a tribal colony in Kerala’s Kannur district, which left a Plus One student with a fractured spine and other injuries, has once again revealed the…
Play-based teaching module prepared for Class 1 students to ease post-COVID transition
With schools having been closed for the last year and a half due to COVID-19, the Central government has issued a 12-week play-based module as a transition aid to help students ease into physical classes for the first time.
Karnataka: Only 15% rural kids engaged in learning during class hours, says study
BENGALURU: Homebound due to Covid-19, only 15% of government school children in rural areas are engaged in some form of learning during school hours, while others are busy with mobile phones or watching television, a survey has found.
Why the post-pandemic school is an opportunity to reinvent learning
The classroom must be centred around joyful and creative learning, join the dots between children’s lives and education.