Open Access Chronicles: The Costs of Academic Publishing (Chapter 3)
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
In Chapter 2 of the Open Access Chronicles, Dr. Peter Suber took us through the early days of...
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...
Merging the Marginalized: North East Region and the RTE
India’s North-East Region (NER) is a long belt of eight states ─ Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. Each state...
Beyond More Enrolment, RTE Needs to Consider Out-of-Class Lives
In a country that seems to be obsessed with Gross Enrolment Ratios, the lives of Om and Swati, students in Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh, force us to pause and reconsider.
Let’s #EduTok: Democratising E-Learning or Shrewd PR Gimmick?
Understanding the Context
TikTok’s arrival in India has been heralded as a game-changer in Indian social media spaces. The country is home to 120 million...
The Parent Trap: The Troubles of Teaching Children at Home During a Pandemic
Tiffin made,
Bags packed,
Books bought,
Uniform ironed,
Sent to school,
Ensuring homework is done,
Repeat.
This used to be a standard day for parents. After all, it was in-person interaction...
A Priority Check: Bangladesh’s Tussle with Quotas
Written by Gopika Kumaran
Once again, the streets of Dhaka are filling up with students in protest against the age-old quota system for the Bangladesh Civil...
Learning Under a Flyover in New Delhi’s Mayur Vihar
In Delhi's Mayur Vihar, this school under a flyover is filling the pandemic's education gaps.
Episode 1: Education for All? Understanding the Needs of the Differently Abled
DISCLAIMER: In this video, we have used the words disabled and disability instead of differently-abled only because most of the legislations use them. We...
Money for Nothing: The Disconcerting Future of the Humanities in India
Co-authored by Ishani Pant and Kirti Dass
The study of the humanities and social sciences is being threatened by a lack of funds for facilitating...
