A Priority Check: Bangladesh’s Tussle with Quotas
Written by Gopika Kumaran
Once again, the streets of Dhaka are filling up with students in protest against the age-old quota system for the Bangladesh Civil...
How Can Our Government-Run MOOCs Be Better?
With the onset of the second wave across India, Massive Online Open Courses will continue to be a light in the dark for stay-at-home learners. But how many government-run MOOCS do you even know of?
Nowhere Close to Ideal: Scrutinising NEET
Co-authored by Shraddha Tripathi & P. Charith Reddy
A 2017 WHO report revealed that the current doctor-population ratio of India to be 0.62:1000 as against...
Why Isn’t Quality Primary Education Ever a Poll Promise?
India's learning crisis could gain political legitimacy if used as an electoral platform by political parties.
Where are the Missing Girls of our IITs? Busting Myths Around the “Supernumerary” Seats
Editor’s note: We recommend reading part one of this series, on the leaky pipeline that women endure from school and coaching classes to the...
#Dialogues: Building COVID-19 Resilience in Education with Kavita Anand
Edited by Malavika VN
COVID-19 has shaken the foundations of numerous sectors worldwide. Although many of these changes in our daily life might be temporary,...
Social and Emotional Learning Can Help Indian Schools Deal With the Mental Impacts of...
India needs to develop a contextualised framework for Social and Emotional Learning to address the pandemic's mental impacts on students and caregivers.
Monitoring the Right to Education: Who Does What?
On 1st April 2010, The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) was passed by the UPA government, making primary education a fundamental...
Can the NEP Reform Higher Education in India?
Dear Reader,
In yesterday’s newsletter, we laid out the context behind some of the new National Education Policy’s (NEP) biggest and boldest moves in India’s...
A Roadmap to Safely Reopening Schools For Our Children
Instead of asking whether schools should reopen, examine the requirements to allow our children to be safely reintroduced to their classrooms and childhoods.
