It is the second academic year when children have been out of school across India.
Learning Loss Due to School Closures During the COVID-19 Pandemic
An evaluation of the effect of school closures on primary school performance using exceptionally rich data from the Netherlands. The study uses the fact that national exams took place before and after lockdown, and compares progress during this period to the same period in the three previous years.
The COVID-19 slide: What summer learning loss can tell us about the potential impact of school closures on student academic achievement
This research examines how the observed typical average growth trajectory by grade for students who completed a standard-length school year compares to projections under two scenarios for the closures: a COVID-19 slide and COVID-19 slowdown.
Projecting the potential impacts of COVID-19 school closures on academic achievement
This study produces a series of projections of COVID-19-related learning loss and its potential effect on test scores in the 2020-21 school year based on (a) estimates from prior literature and (b) analyses of typical summer learning patterns of five million students.
Open schooling: Odisha kids cross State border chasing Internet connectivity
We sit down for online classes upon finding connectivity.
We are facing an ‘education emergency’ today: Educationist Rishikesh B.S.
The researcher, who leads the Hub for Education, Law & Policy at Azim Premji University, talks of the urgent need to refocus on fundamentals and get children back to school
Open schools, with a focus on early grades
Media and policy attention during the pandemic understandably focused on the immediate tasks of saving lives by procuring beds and oxygen. Yet, the greatest long-term cost of the pandemic may be borne by our children. As the second wave of Covid-19 recedes, and we slowly try to restore a semblance…
Kerala: Tribal students’ education suffers after school shuts
As the education department has decided to temporarily shut down the primary school at the first tribal panchayat in Edamalakudy, 124 students are missing out on school education.
Only 1 in 4 teachers in India trained to teach online classes
There were wide disparities among States, with Gujarat training 57% of its teachers while M.P. training only 9% of them
Pandemic harm
Health and nutrition Due to lack of good nutrition, children are at risk of poor health India now 94th rank on child nutrition Mid-day meal is a legal mandate. Karnataka High Court judgment / directives NHRC Calls for Reopening Schools in Staggered Manner, Restoring Midday Meals CBPS Study on health…