Hanging by a Thread: Affordable Private Schools and COVID-19
Targeted policy reforms needed to support the online learning of 79 million students in India’s Affordable Private Schools.
School Uniforms are Meant to Equalise Students, So Why Enforce Gendered Dress Codes?
“I remember how much I used to love wearing my uniform as a kid. But when I got older, I started to feel more...
DIKSHA: The Long-Awaited Antidote to India’s Education Crisis?
Written by Aparna Ramanujam
It’s a blistering afternoon in Tamil Nadu, in July 2019. Inside a school in central Chennai, students run amok-the heat is...
‘Developing’ Education or Cultural Distancing? Delving into the EMRS Scheme
Written by Ayush Jain
Ever since Independence, the educational indicators of India’s Scheduled Tribe (ST) population have been much lower compared to the rest of...
From Streets To Schools: The Girl in the Yellow Dress
Co-authored by Evita Rodrigues and Sanya Sharma
As the traffic light turns red, I hear a knock on the taxi window. Looking out, I see a...
The Bastion Dialogues: Manu S. Pillai on How We Write Indian History
Anyone who's ever written an academic paper will tell you that while the end product may be enriching, the process itself is laborious, and...
Who Will Protect the Mental Justice of Deprived Communities?
Growing up, I would never have a fitting response for my school friends when they laughed at me for spending hours in line to...
Education in Times of COVID: How Corporation Schools in Chennai Are Bridging the E-Learning...
Like every other industry, education systems across the world have come to a crashing halt in the face of COVID-19. Although the pandemic has...
Monitoring the Right to Education: Who Does What?
On 1st April 2010, The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) was passed by the UPA government, making primary education a fundamental...
The Status of In-service Training For India’s Teachers: Time for a Reality Check?
How far has India come in supporting in-service teachers in primary schools in their continuous professional development?
