Read the report here Tata Trusts commissioned and supported a research study to assess and understand “Impact of Covid-19 on Children in 4 States – Jharkhand, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.” The study aimed at understand impact of the pandemic in multi-dimensional manner, going beyond only education or livelihood. The…
NCEE recommends that blanket school closures not be an immediate response to the air pollution crisis in Delhi.
The Delhi government had closed primary schools last week, based on a recommendation from the NCPCR, owing to the air pollution crisis in the city. As the air quality has improved, schools have been re-opened from today. While the concern about the health and well-being of children is valid, the…
Report on Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India
Download report here Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy has just launched their new research report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India | April 2020-May 2022”. In the context of varied estimations of the impact of COVID-19 on the Out of School Children…
State of Access to Education for Children of Migrant Workers
The NCEE in collaboration with Aide et Action International and the Centre for Migration and Inclusive Development (CMID) organised the first ever national consultation on the State of Access to Education for Children of Migrant Workers on August 17, 2022. Most migrant children spend an average of six months in…
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…
NCEE questions Govt.’s reluctance in opening schools despite the lifting of curfew in Bengaluru
Press release by National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE) dated January 22, 2022. Schools in Bengaluru remain closed while malls, theaters, pubs and restaurants have been kept open. As of 21 January, the weekend curfew has been lifted as well. It is tragic that schools are closed when there…
Curfew is lifted ? OPEN SCHOOLS NOW!
January 22, 2022 Schools in Bengaluru remain closed while malls, theatres, pubs and restaurants have been kept open. As of 21 January, the weekend curfew has been lifted as well. The decision to keep schools closed is having catastrophic consequences on children. Schools had only recently started opening after remaining…
Tamil Nadu govt shuts schools till January 31 due to Covid-19 surge
Amid the surge in the COVID-19 cases, the Tamil Nadu Government on Sunday declared a holiday in schools for all classes till January 31.
Schools & Colleges in UP to remain shut till January 23
The UP Government has postponed the reopening of dates for all schools and colleges in the state to January 23rd from January 16th.
Telangana govt extends holidays for schools, colleges till January 30
The Telangana government extended vacations for all educational insititutions, except medical colleges till January 30, 2022, tweeted Somesh Kumar, chief secretary of Telangana