Gurumurthy Kasinathan, an educator NCEE co-founder, and Anusha Hegde, Program Associate at IT for Change and who works in the area of adolescent girl empowerment wrote for Deccan Herald about the pervasive sexism in Indian schools, and recommended some pathways on how to tackle them. Read the Full article here.
What a withdrawn Karnataka memo seeking Rs 100 from parents says about education funding in India
Twelve years after the Right to Education Act was passed, public investment in schools remains abysmally low. Read the article on Scroll
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
Universal Periodic Review (WGHR)
The report by the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR) can be accessed here
Post pandemic, literacy takes a hit among underprivileged households in south Indian states
A survey by the National Coalition of Education Emergency (NCEE) in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana, shows the disastrous learning competencies among students, especially from underprivileged backgrounds.
Pandemic and Education: Most Parents Report Behaviour Changes, Learning Losses
The study revealed that the sustained school closure only widened the existing social and economic gaps.
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.
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 –…
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.