Should Children Be Allowed to Design Their Own Education?
If our meme wasn't clear enough, we can spell it our for you: our education system isn't teaching material that is particularly relevant to...
Why Isn’t Quality Primary Education Ever a Poll Promise?
India's learning crisis could gain political legitimacy if used as an electoral platform by political parties.
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...
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),...
Study in India: Is India Ready To Be A Destination For Foreign Students?
India with its culture of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ has been attracting foreign students for years. However, the government is now focusing on transforming India...
Social and Emotional Learning Can Help Indian Schools Deal With the Mental Impacts of...
India needs to develop a contextualised framework for Social and Emotional Learning to address the pandemic's mental impacts on students and caregivers.
A Diamond in the Rough: Replacing the UGC and AICTE in India
The Higher Education Empowerment Regulation Agency (HEERA) was proposed by the Narendra Modi led NDA government in June 2017. It was intended to replace...
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...
From Scraps to School: Education for Child Ragpickers in India
Written by Ipsita Mishra
“Gande me rehna kisko pasand hai? Ganda wala kaam kisko karna hai?” asks Kiran, a mother of four, and a ragpicker...
Indian Students’ Silent Hymns: Of Sanskrit Prayers in Secular Schools
Co-authored by Kaushalya Misra & Avantika Bunga
“What is the problem with saying Vande Mataram? We are saying thank you to mother earth? What...
