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
Education Emergency: The crisis and efforts to address it
Impacts of the pandemic on the Indian education system, mitigation efforts by the NCEE and next steps
The Edtech Leviathan
– Gurumurthy Kasinathan and Amshuman Dasarathy Private platforms in the unregulated edtech sector are incentivised to prioritise growth above all else and their programmes are sharply opposed to the socially transformative aims of education.
Platform Capitalism and Edtech
– Gurumurthy Kasinathan For-profit edtech needs to be banned, and the government must play an active regulatory role.
Technology as exclusion in education
– R Ramanujam We have been through an unparalleled disruption in educational history due to the pandemic. For nearly 18 months, millions of school age children suffered a major disruption in their education. For millions of children studying in government schools there was no schooling and most of them could…
ತರಗತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಜಾಬ್ ಧರಿಸುವುದರ ಮೇಲಿನ ನಿರ್ಬಂಧವನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿದ ಹೈಕೋರ್ಟ್ ತೀರ್ಪು ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದ ಹಕ್ಕಿನ ಉಲ್ಲಂಘನೆಯಾಗಿದೆ
೧೬ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೨೦೨೨ ಸಮವಸ್ತ್ರವನ್ನು ಸೂಚಿಸಿರುವ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ಹಿಜಾಬ್ ಧರಿಸಿರುವ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ತರಗತಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಹಾಜರಾಗುವುದನ್ನು ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿ ತಡೆಗಟ್ಟುವುದನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿಯುವ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಹೈಕೋರ್ಟಿನ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 15 ರ ತೀರ್ಪು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ನಿರಾಶದಾಯಕ ಹಾಗು ಸಂವಿಧಾನ ಬಾಹಿರ . ಭಾರತೀಯ ಸಂವಿಧಾನವು ಎಲ್ಲ ನಾಗರಿಕರಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯ ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಪಾಲಿಸುವ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯವನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ, ಆದರೆ, “ಸಮಂಜಸವಾದ ನಿರ್ಬಂಧಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ” ಎಂದು ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯವು ವಾದಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದರೆ, ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕವಾಗಿ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಪಡೆಯುವುದರಿಂದ ಹಿಂದುಳಿದಿರುವ…
High Court ruling upholding the restriction on wearing Hijab in classrooms, is a violation of the Right To Education
16 March 2022 We read with anguish and dismay, the Karnataka High Court’s March 15th ruling on the Hijab, which upholds the active prevention of students wearing the Hijab, from attending classes and examinations in educational institutions where uniforms are prescribed. The court argues that the Indian constitution grants freedom…
Cries of Anguish
The main finding of this study of households in Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu is the following: Poor parents are desperate about the education future of their children and fully conscious of the devastating toll that prolonged school closure has taken on the learning, socio-emotional development and behaviour of their…
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.