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...
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?
The Pink and Blue Divide: Rethinking Children’s Textbooks in a Post 377 India
Co-authored by Ayushi Ghosh and Kartik Sundar
The striking down of a controversial 158-year old provision of Section 377 to decriminalize non-procreative relationships was a...
Trapped! What’s Putting a Glass Ceiling on Students in India’s Classrooms?
This article is the first instalment of a two-part series on why learning traps ensnare children in cycles of poor academic performances, and what...
Why Your Teacher Needs To Be Trained Better
All over the world, governments invest in teachers’ professional development as a measure to improve student learning outcomes in a region. Elaborate studies have...
From Maharashtra, With Love: Nine Recommendations on Improving Public Education In the New Normal
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a harsh light on the vulnerabilities and challenges faced by students across the world. Students, teachers, and parents have...
Teaching India: Analyzing the Four-Year B.Ed Programme
Written by Ipsita Mishra
"Those who can, do; and those who cannot, teach"
George Bernard Shaw’s one line, which was meant to be some harmless banter,...
Who Teaches the Teachers? Developing teacher mentors for quality education
Written by Pranjali Hardikar and Ashwini Maslekar
Every one of us, at least once in our life, has complained that the quality of education in...
The Perils of Being Queer in Indian Schools
“From being an outspoken frontbencher in class, the constant bullying and unwarranted attention made me isolated and quiet. I began sitting right at the...
