[Research] posters

Sat Aug 21 08:41:38 IST 2021

Thanks Rishi. I guess you meant March 2023. I see the merit of the 
approach you are proposing, but I fear that in states like Jharkhand it 
will boil down to business as usual and leave huge numbers of children 
way behind. If all children are in the same boat I don't think it's 
"detention" (I used the word "bonus year" because I thought it sounded 
more positive). But anyway, the main thing is for this to be discussed 
because it doesn't even seem to be on the radar except among a few 
specialists. Whatever is the proposed approach, perhaps it should be 
part of your campaign material so that the issue is on the agenda at 
least. Hope this makes sense,

Jean

On 21-08-2021 08:17, Rishikesh . wrote:
> Thanks for following our conversation in spite of your busy schedule 
> Jean & very good to hear from you … yes terrible news in terms of the 
> learning status. Quite similar across all States we are working in.
> I think the auto promotion should be discussed, but I’m wary of 
>  ‘detention’ as the onus to learn gets pushed on to the children. 
> Though many States amended RTE to suit their teacher lobbies & brought 
> in detention at grade 5. But, we have to come with a solution as a 
> complete no detention or auto promotion is also problematic in the 
> current state. One approach we came up in the Karnataka Task Force is 
> to keep it very flexible till March 2022 and use the 500 or so days 
> till then to bring children to age appropriate levels. The curriculum 
> & pedagogy will have to worked out in detail for that.
> You can just use the ‘research@…’ that you have used - all of us CCed 
> are in it (except Niranjan).
> Will keep you posted in further discussions.
> Warm regards,
> rishi
>
>
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> *From:* Jean Dreze <jaandaraz at riseup.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 21, 2021 6:50:08 AM
> *To:* Guru <Guru at ITforChange.net>
> *Cc:* niranjan aradhya <aradhyaniranjan at hotmail.com>; Sajitha Bashir 
> <sajitha.bashir at gmail.com>; mehendalearchana at gmail.com 
> <mehendalearchana at gmail.com>; research at educationemergency.net 
> <research at educationemergency.net>; Rishikesh <rishikesh at apu.edu.in>
> *Subject:* Re: [Research] posters
>
> Dear Guru and friends,
>
> I am still tied up with the field survey, but doing my best to keep up 
> in the between with all the useful material you are circulating.
>
> The survey findings are alarming (no surprise here). In Latehar 
> district, in 5 SC/ST hamlets, we found that 75% of children were 
> unable to read a single word. Meanwhile, the schools are falling apart.
>
> I wonder what the "line" is on automatic promotion. Once again it 
> seems to suit privileged children, who are more or less on track, but 
> it is the kiss of educational death for other children. How can 
> children who were enrolled in Class 1 last year, and have never been 
> to school or learnt the alphabet, be in Class 2 now (Class 3 in a few 
> months), where they are given English textbooks (in Jharkhand)? Is 
> there not a case for a "bonus year" when all children are helped to 
> recover instead of sorting the winners and losers yet again? Just 
> curious - I am sure that you have discussed this.
>
> I am not clear whether "research at educationemergency.net" 
> <mailto:research at educationemergency.net> is a kind of collective 
> address so I am CC-ing a few at random!
>
> Best,
>
> Jean
>
>
> On 10-08-2021 11:05, Guru wrote:
>> Thanks Jean
>>
>> We are in the process of translating posters to as many languages as 
>> possible as these can help in sharp and quick communication. We will 
>> share these with you as well.
>>
>> regards
>> Guru
>>
>>
>> On 10/08/21 7:03 am, Jean Dreze wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Guru: Thanks for this and other mails. I am up to my ears right 
>>> now with the field survey (until 22 August), but I will catch up as 
>>> soon as possible. We will definitely help with media for one thing.
>>>
>>> More asap,
>>>
>>> Jean
>>>
>>> On 06-08-2021 15:41, Guru wrote:
>>>> Dear Jean
>>>>
>>>> I am attaching the posters that  my colleague made in our Karnataka
>>>> 'Open Schools' campaign
>>>>
>>>> The campaign included a street protest, media articles, few press
>>>> releases which were reported in local papers. It may have helped a bit -
>>>> the Karnataka Govt kept high schools open Jan-March 2021.
>>>> Through the State SMC Federation, Niranjan and others also organized
>>>> district level protest meetings on school opening. A PIL was also put up
>>>> in Karnataka High Court  on both opening schools and providing mid day
>>>> meals. The CJ was sympathetic but  did not give a firm directive to open
>>>> schools. (there is a general middle class fear psychosis)
>>>>
>>>> For this time, apart from posters, street protests, short videos
>>>> (children, parents, teachers) in multiple languages, social media
>>>> campaigns, apart from policy briefs, guidelines/toolkits for school
>>>> opening will be required. And the idea of the national coalition is to
>>>> share resources/ideas across groups working in different geographies.
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>> Guru
>>>>
>>>> https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2021/mar/19/midday-meals-as-crucial-as-classes-survey-2278502.html  <https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2021/mar/19/midday-meals-as-crucial-as-classes-survey-2278502.html>
>>>> https://itforchange.net/press-release-open-all-schools-and-all-classes-local-hygiene-precautions  <https://itforchange.net/press-release-open-all-schools-and-all-classes-local-hygiene-precautions>
>>>> https://itforchange.net/press-release-open-all-primary-schools-now-to-avoid-a-learning-crisis  <https://itforchange.net/press-release-open-all-primary-schools-now-to-avoid-a-learning-crisis>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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