Merging the Marginalized: North East Region and the RTE
India’s North-East Region (NER) is a long belt of eight states ─ Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. Each state...
An Optimistic Fix: The Pitfalls of the Happiness Curriculum in Delhi
Co-created by Kartik Sundar and Jinson George Chako
In what seemed like a recognition of the hectic and stressful nature of the Indian education system,...
How the Educated Lack an Education
Written by Rhea Narayan Kuthoore
A vital organ of society has been decaying over time. If you are reading this piece, you were probably thrust...
Is It Time To Start Teaching Science In Regional Languages?
In January of 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for using vernacular languages in promoting science communication to develop a love of science in...
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?
The Bastion Dialogues: Parth Shah
Parth J. Shah (PS), Founder and Chairman of the Centre for Civil Society and the Director of the Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP),...
Trapped! How our education system makes and breaks learning traps
This article is the second instalment of a two-part series on why learning traps ensnare children in cycles of poor academic performances, and what...
Empowering Parents To Demand Better Of Their Child’s Education
Without improving parental engagement, Indian education will lack accountability and deliver poor education under the facade of quality and equity.
Behind the Scenes: The Factors that Influenced Our New National Education Policy
Dear Reader,
If there’s anything six years of NDA rule has taught us, it’s that most things in general, whether planned or unplanned, come unannounced....
Printed Ideologies: Protecting our Students from Politicized Textbooks
Co-authored by Evita Rodrigues and Gopika Kumaran
For decades, textbooks have occupied a pivotal role within India’s education system as a resource utilized by teachers...
