Of Monsters and Men: JNU v/s the Anti-national State
Written by Sourya Reddy
The day is like what’ve come to expect of any other in Delhi: filled with unease and tension over where the...
Can the NITI Aayog’s School Education Quality Index Effectively Evaluate Indian Education?
Written by Avani Airan
The NITI Aayog recently introduced a first-of-its-kind School Education Quality Index (SEQI). The index provides a regular review of the quality...
Bride and Prejudice: Fighting against child marriage in Delhi’s schools
Authored by Ipsita Mishra
“I want to become an air hostess but I don’t know what will happen in the future. I don’t know if...
No Country for Student Dissent?
Written by Sourya Reddy
“It’s blatantly obvious isn’t it? They’ve been badgering us for so long — they’ve tried changing the way we learn, tried...
DIKSHA: The Long-Awaited Antidote to India’s Education Crisis?
Written by Aparna Ramanujam
It’s a blistering afternoon in Tamil Nadu, in July 2019. Inside a school in central Chennai, students run amok-the heat is...
Trapped! How our education system makes and breaks learning traps
Authored by Upasna Sachdeva
In Part 1 of this series on Learning Traps, we introduced learning traps in the education system. A learning trap is...
Trapped! What’s Putting a Glass Ceiling on Students in India’s Classrooms?
"...the teacher still feels accountable for completing the prescribed syllabus (..) Children who fall behind stay behind as the rest of the class moves...
Equity or Error? Assessing Andhra Pradesh’s English-ization of School Education
Understanding the Context
English-medium education in India is becoming more lucrative by the day. This global lingua franca, which has found its way into most...
Bastion Shorts: 12,000 Schools May Shut Down as Telangana Govt. Plans to Amend the...
The Right to Education (RTE) Act makes it possible for children from all walks of life to be able to achieve education at an...
Of Privilege and Priorities: JNU Protests from the Frontline
Understanding the Context
When the draft Inter-Hall Administration (IHA) manual was uploaded on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) website, it immediately sparked outrage across the...
