From Streets to Schools | The Bastion x Save the Children
“As the traffic light turns green, the car speeds off, leaving behind a little girl in a yellow dress selling storybooks on the street....
How Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s Exit from Ashoka University is Just the Tip of the...
Is there something innate about academia that makes a state want to control it? Does being backed by well-off, well connected, philanthropic individuals protect an academic's ideas and freedoms?
How Do You Teach Students to be ‘Good’ Indian Citizens?
On the 20th of November 2020, the Ministry of Education released NEP-friendly revised guidelines for a flagship education policy: Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat (EBSB)....
The Final Verdict: Our Judges Need to Be Trained Better
Written by Avani Airan
Trends in the interpretation and application of the law by the judiciary have a huge impact on how society views itself,...
Is the PM e-Vidya Scheme Losing the Plot on Digitising Education?
In a post-pandemic era, how is PM e-Vidya placed to digitise education for all? Are the services accessible to the students they seek to assist?
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),...
How Can Citizens Decide Electoral Agendas?
How can citizens create political narratives and change the focus of elections to human development indicators like education, health or the environment?
Whither the Teaching Profession? Inspecting Some Silences in the NEP 2020
Silences in policy are as important as what receives attention and is articulated. If it is the nature of policy to articulate principles and...
Why Community Libraries Matter
How are community libraries changing the way children access education? What kind of a role can they play in a community's life? And how does one go about setting up a community library? Let's find out.
Loopholes Inhibit the Enforcement of Tamil Nadu’s RTE Rules
There are too many children falling through the cracks of our education system. In principle and practice, Section 12(1)(c) needs to be reformed in the state to account for parents’ real-world situations
