Education Financing
A brief look at budgets and expenditure on Education in India Source of information (websites) Accountability Initiative at the Centre for Policy Research STATE EDUCATION FINANCES – A Deep-Dive into School Education Finances in Eight States
Anaemia in children on the rise in India; 72.7% under-5 kids in rural Madhya Pradesh anaemic
According to the National Family Health Survey-5 (2020-21) released today, child nutrition indicators have slightly improved in rural India, but anaemia continues to be a concern. In Rajasthan, stunting has decreased from 40.8% in NFHS-4 to 32.6% in NFHS-5. However, 72.4% of rural kids are anaemic.
Note for Jharkhand CM
A note on resuming Lower Primary Schools and renewing education through a 5 point plan
With National Education Policy mandate, Odisha bats for mother tongue of tribals
The new National Education Policy lays emphasis on imparting teaching in mother tongue in primary classes. But when the language-base of Odisha’s adivasi communities is as diverse as 21 spoken languages further divided into 74 dialects, the task appears to be quite onerous.
School enrolment fell during pandemic: Annual Status of Education Report
The percentage of rural children who were not enrolled in school doubled during the pandemic, with Government schools seeing an increase in enrolment at the expense of private schools, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2021. Over a third of children enrolled in Classes 1 and 2…
We mustn’t ignore a big crisis of education staring us in the face
The majority of students need a year to recover learning losses.To make matters worse, too many states are pressing teachers hard to test children and continue with the current class syllabus. Unless there is a sharp and quick change in the dispositions and actions of our states, we can anticipate…
Fixing India’s education crisis is key for development: Jean Drèze
Development does not mean having more US Dollars, but people living well with good nourishment, education, longer life, more freedom and so on. Universal quality education could make a major contribution to greater equity in Indian society, says economist Prof Jean Drèze.