Bastion Shorts: Has AAP’s Education Model Really Worked?
The Bastion Shorts—Episode 5
As Delhi goes to vote tomorrow, many of us would be basing our votes on the reforms brought about in...
A Hurdle in the Shadows: Providing Education to the Children of Sex Workers
Written by Shagun Bhargava
As the per the last official count held in 2007, India was home to over 3 million sex workers, who continue...
Open Access Chronicles: Unpacking India’s One Nation One Subscription Idea with Dr. Devika Madalli
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
In this chapter of our series —Open Access Chronicles — we explore India's recent efforts to gain widespread...
The Peaks of Education: Learning from Himachal Pradesh’s Inclusive Model
Co-authored by Raka De & Tanvi Mehta
On the 1st of February 2018, the interim Budget announced by Piyush Goyal saw a 10% hike in...
Open Access Chronicles: cOAlition S & India’s Story with Johan Rooryck (Chapter 5)
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
In Chapter 4 of the Open Access Chronicles, Professor Rooryck broke down the structure of open access and...
The Paradox of Liberalising our Universities
Written by Tanvi Mehta
The 484-page long Draft National Education Policy emphasizes the need for the liberalization of education. This draws inspiration from ancient Indian...
In Search of a Vaccine for Public Education: What’s With Consolidating Schools?
By Sourya Reddy
Headlines like these have been finding a place in newspapers for a little over a couple of years now. Of the sparse...
Of Empathy in Education: Interventions in a Juvenile Home in Gujarat
The Right to Education Act of 2009 constitutionally grants every child between the ages of 6 and 14 with a right to avail free...
Of Quality, Capacity and Job Security: 25% EWS Reservation Holds Answers for Schooling Post-Lockdown
There is a lot of uncertainty over how schooling will look like post-lockdown. Can schools run full scale? Will learning happen through TV and/or...
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...