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?
Breathing New Life into the IIMs
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) offer Post Graduate Diplomas in Management (PGDM) instead of prized MBA degrees, and are also registered as societies. This,...
(Don’t) Get Smart: How Schools and Education Policies Are Failing The Growing Brain
This is the first instalment of a two-part series by Aparna Ramanujam on how incorporating findings from developmental neuroscience into Indian education policies can...
Making Universities Socially Responsible Through Effective Community Engagement
How socially responsible are Indian universities? How can we look beyond surface-level community engagement to ensure impactful actions by college students?
Caught in the Middle: People Who Steered Maharashtra’s Education Reforms
This article is the first in our two-part series on how Pragat Shaikshanik Maharashtra, an education reform policy, was implemented to improve learning outcomes...
Budget Cuts for Five of India’s Environment Institutes Puts Research and Education in Jeopardy
How does financial and administrative disengagement impact wildlife and conservation education and research at India's top institutes?
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...
It’s Time to Regulate India’s EdTech Sector
In the last two years, more than 150 million students have entered India’s EdTech sector besides platform users such as teachers and administrators. The role of EdTechs is no longer limited to imparting education through online classes. This calls for a regulatory framework by the government that safeguards the interests of all stakeholders offering and availing the varied educational services.
Do Children in Preschool Ever Actually Play “Freely”?
One could say that the “all-work-and-no-play-makes-Jack-a-dull-boy” proverb has been butchered out of context many-a-time. While adults — especially those now overworked from home —...
Why Don’t Our Textbooks Live Up to Our Ambitious Education Policies?
This is the first instalment of a two-part series on how and why our textbooks fail to meet the lofty ambitions set by national...
