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...
A Low Benchmark: The State of Infrastructure in Our Schools
Written & Photographed by Apurva Sankar
Working as a Teach For India Fellow in a government school for the past 2 years has given me...
Politics Of, By, and For the People: Developing Democracy in 21st Century India
I want you to meet Razia. A 10-year-old girl born in the village of Nayabans, in Uttar Pradesh. She belongs to a Dalit-Muslim family....
I Got It From My माँ: Can a Multilingual Education System Improve Children’s Learning...
Co-authored by Evita Rodrigues and Charith Reddy
"To foster sustainable development, learners must have access to education in their mother tongue and in other languages....
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...
Learning By Doing: How Project Based Learning Can Transform Our Education System
A new B-school graduate finds himself on his first day at work as an analyst in an investment bank. He is facing a spreadsheet...
Cast Away: A Case For Place-based Education in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
A place-based curriculum in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands can not only ignite individual student potential—but the value of local ecosystems as well.
Indian Textbooks Need to Account for Minority Identities Better
Among the various tools used within a classroom, school textbooks play a significant role in shaping children’s worldview. Yet, are school textbooks inclusive of...
Education in Times of COVID: Re-centering Our Public Schools
Suspending all educational activities that involve large gatherings at least until May 3rd has brought about significant changes to schools’ academic cycles, board examination...
Reopening Schools After 6 Months: Policy Innovation in the Face of Learning Losses
Schools and other educational institutions have been given conditional permission to resume physical classes as per the recent order of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The...
