Hanging by a Thread: Affordable Private Schools and COVID-19
Targeted policy reforms needed to support the online learning of 79 million students in India’s Affordable Private Schools.
Reservation in Private Educational Institutions – Tracing The Debate
Section 12 of the “Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act” provides for a mandatory 25% reservation in Class 1 in all...
By the People, For the People: How Public Advocacy Fuels Educational Reform
Nowhere else is public participation in the democratic process better used, or needed, than in India's education sector.
How Do We Facilitate Women-Led Entrepreneurship Through Government Initiatives?
Edited by Malavika V N
Presently, out of the whole set of entrepreneurs in India, only 13% comprise of women. Considering that women constitute close...
Outcomes-Based Instruments Work: Learning from the World’s Largest Education Impact Bond
The Quality Education India Development Impact Bond (QEI DIB) offers valuable insight into how to design and evaluate outcomes-based instruments for success.
The Bastion Dialogues: Saurabh Taneja
Saurabh Taneja (ST) is the CEO of The Akanksha Foundation, a non-profit organisation providing children from low-income communities with a high-quality education. For over...
The Education Budget 2020: More Money, Less Policy Execution?
Authored by Ipsita Mishra
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest" -
— Benjamin Franklin.
With education being one of the key determinants of a country’s...
CSR: Providing CPR for India’s Many Educational Ailments
Written by Aarathi Ganesan
Indian education policies often attempt to provide the best educational outcomes to a majority of India’s diverse children. Although necessary and...
Can UP’s 2020 Education Budget Fix the State’s Broken Education System?
Which state in India comes to mind when you hear about poor literacy rates, gender inequality, low teacher-student ratios, and bad learning outcomes? I...
Let’s Be Honest about Public Education: Busting Some Myths
In an opinion article titled “Busting myths and the double-speak on education” published in the Hindustan Times on July 07th, 2020, Mr Gurcharan Das...
