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…
Lawmaker Karti P Chidambaram asks fraud regulator to investigate BYJU’s finances
Byju’s has been under fire these past months over its delay in filing audited financials as well as over its March funding round. Besides, the company’s subsidiaries have had to lay off staff in the past weeks amid a funding crunch
India’s edtech startups are failing to regulate themselves
In January, after the government issued an advisory asking citizens to be cautious before signing up for online courses, edtech companies had come together to form a self-regulatory body, the India EdTech Consortium (IEC). IEC has identified sales, loans, content, and teacher effectiveness as some of the most important issues…
Citizens’ group Bahutva Karnataka seeks resignation of Karnataka Education Minister
“We condemn his mishandling of education during the Covid crisis, failure to address malnutrition and his complicity in weaponising education.”
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…
School management committees across Tamil Nadu on road to revival
One of the Coimbatore coordinators, T Arulanandham said that the department would hold elections for the posts of SMC president, vice-president, and members.
Covid widens rich-poor gap in learning
The survey “Cries of Anguish” conducted by the National Coalition on the Education Emergency has attributed the development to online classes, parents guiding their children themselves, and the effect of private tuition
Education Emergency: The crisis and efforts to address it
Impacts of the pandemic on the Indian education system, mitigation efforts by the NCEE and next steps
Platform Capitalism and Edtech
– Gurumurthy Kasinathan For-profit edtech needs to be banned, and the government must play an active regulatory role.
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.…