[Research] posters

Sat Aug 21 13:21:16 IST 2021

Yes Jean. meant 2023.

Yes, ideally I think the 'bonus year' is the best way forward. It will be a
bold decision if taken, but don't think the Centre nor any State is bold
enough to take such decisions. Whether this or something else, the bottom
line really is something HAS to be done and we have to keep forcing the
concerned departments to act.

From: Jean Dreze <jaandaraz at riseup.net> 
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2021 8:42 AM
To: Rishikesh . <rishikesh at apu.edu.in>; Guru <Guru at ITforChange.net>
Cc: niranjan aradhya <aradhyaniranjan at hotmail.com>; Sajitha Bashir
<sajitha.bashir at gmail.com>; mehendalearchana at gmail.com;
research at educationemergency.net
Subject: Re: [Research] posters

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 at .' 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  <mailto:jaandaraz at riseup.net> <jaandaraz at riseup.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2021 6:50:08 AM
To: Guru  <mailto:Guru at ITforChange.net> <Guru at ITforChange.net>
Cc: niranjan aradhya  <mailto:aradhyaniranjan at hotmail.com>
<aradhyaniranjan at hotmail.com>; Sajitha Bashir
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Rishikesh  <mailto:rishikesh at apu.edu.in> <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  <mailto:research at educationemergency.net>
"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-a
s-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-primary-schools-now-to-avoid-
a-learning-crisis

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