Bengali, English, Malayalam, Telugu 26 करोड़ बच्चों के लिए पुन: शिक्षा की शुरुआत एवं नवीकरण करें ! भारत में शिक्षा आपातकाल में हो रही लगातार वृद्धि की दिशा में चिंतित व्यक्तियों और संगठनों ने वस्तुतः 16 जुलाई 2021 को इसी संदर्भ में ‘एक साथ एक संगठन’ की तरह काम करने…
India must allow children to return to classrooms
Parents’ fears are legitimate, but children have suffered huge learning losses. It is the responsibility of the government to find the best and safest ways to reopen schools.
Why India’s Schools Should Open Immediately
There is sufficient evidence that vaccination of children is not a prerequisite that opening of schools does not pose additional risk to children or family members and the benefits outweigh any minimal risk. An urgent priority now has to be to develop a plan and roadmap to open schools safely.
Karnataka: Degree students address learning loss among children, conduct bridge courses
Instead of pushing teachers to ‘cover the syllabus’, we must orient them to ‘discover the child’, to learn with empathy what she has been through during the pandemic. Facilitated by a Bengaluru-based child rights organization, Child Rights Trust, a group of degree students in Karnataka has commenced workshops in rural…
Parents, teachers push for reopening primary schools
With children being away from schools for more than one-and-a-half years since the Covid-19 pandemic began, parents and teachers are keen that the state government consider reopening primary schools now. While the government has said that reopening is being considered for higher classes since COVID-19 cases have come down in…
Reopening schools: It’s no longer about whether but how to
While outbreaks do occur in school settings, transmission is lower than or similar to the levels of community transmission if prevention strategies are followed. School closures can lead to learning loss, mental distress, exposure to violence and abuse, missed school-based meals, vaccinations and reduced development of social skills.
School teachers to get training on ICT tools
With government school teachers and headmasters started coming to schools from Monday, many schools plan to make use of the opportunity to train their teachers on information and communication technology (ICT) tools for effective teaching.
Teachers go extra mile to connect with students in Ernakulam
In order to ensure the mental and academic well-being of students at home during the lockdown, the teachers of Ramamangalam High School in Ernakulam have started a new a programme called Karuthalum Kavalum.
From avid learner to sole earner of her family, how school closure changed this 13-year-old’s life
It is the second academic year when children have been out of school across India.