16 March 2022 We read with anguish and dismay, the Karnataka High Court’s March 15th ruling on the Hijab, which upholds the active prevention of students wearing the Hijab, from attending classes and examinations in educational institutions where uniforms are prescribed. The court argues that the Indian constitution grants freedom…
The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic Distress on Education: A View from the Margins
This study indicates to three critical points – (1) the educational situation is different for children who are marginalised – they face a historical and infrastructural deprivation along with a social one, (2) this influences both girls and boys, but girls bear a brunt only because they are girls –…
Govt’s new ‘Utsav’ aims to get 4 lakh girls back into education fold
The campaign, ‘Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav’, is being steered by the ministry of women and child development in partnership with the ministry of education. Highlighting the government’s focus on convergence and coordination between ministries, departments and states, WCD minister Smriti Irani said that she was certain that by May all…
School closures amid Covid-19 have left a whole generation of Indians behind
As education went online during the pandemic, lakhs of children from poorer households with no smartphones and access to the internet were missed out.
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.
NCEE: Remove dress restrictions, focus on education emergency
The National Coalition of Education Emergency (NCEE) has criticised educators, educational institutions and individuals for exclusion of Hijab wearing Muslim women students from education institutions.
Statement By Child Rights Activists, Educators, Education Institutions and Individuals On Targeting And Exclusion of Hijab Wearing Muslim Women Students
Statement in Hindi हिन्दी and in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ We note, with deep concern and anguish, the active prevention of Muslim women from attending government schools and colleges, on the grounds that they wear the Hijab, a headscarf. This move, with the tacit and explicit support of the education administration and…
Budget 2022: Allocation for education up by 11.86%, slew of new schemes announced
The Union government has allocated Rs 1,04,278 crore for the education sector, Rs 11,054 crore higher than in 2021-22.
Budgeting for the education emergency
It is astonishing that public expenditure data on the education sector are not easily available