Syllabus and Pedagogy

The politics in structuring the education system; the politicisation of syllabi and exploring the knock-on effects of the diversification of syllabi.

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 Bastion Dialogues: Aanchal Malhotra on the Partition and Oral History

Imagine a disaster has just taken place just outside your house. If you were given five minutes to evacuate, not knowing if you’d ever...
Classroom

New Year, New Education Policy: Fighting Ailments of Old

Written by Amrita Singh On December 18th 2017, the government of Odisha tied up with All India Society for Electronics and Computer Technology (AISECT) to provide...
Game Based Learning

From Rote to Tech: India’s Path to Ensuring Higher Learning Outcomes

Written by Amrita Singh How would you equally divide 16 oranges between 4 people? This year, the Annual Status of Education Report 2017 (ASER) decided...

(Don’t) Get Smart: 5 Ways to Make Our Education Policies Smarter

This is the second article in a two-part series by Aparna Ramanujam on how incorporating findings from developmental neuroscience into Indian education policies can...

Open Access Chronicles: The Origin Story with Dr. Peter Suber (Chapter 2)

Hosted by Sourya Reddy Edited by Malavika VN From the early days of academic publishing to the emergence of an oligopoly, Chapter 1 of our series...

Reviving Tolerance Towards Street Dogs in Urban India

Much has been said about how the growth of Indian cities has affected wildlife, but not enough has been said about the multi-dimensional impacts of urbanisation on street dog welfare. Peaceful co-existence demands cooperative community-led solutions.

Of Empathy in Education: Interventions in a Juvenile Home in Gujarat

The Right to Education Act of 2009 constitutionally grants every child between the ages of 6 and 14 with a right to avail free...

How Has the Role of Stakeholders in Education Changed? #Dialogues with Kavita Anand

Edited by Malavika VN  The COVID-19 crisis has thrown the education system in disarray. While schools and colleges have had to adapt to and embrace...

How Can Curricula Be Designed to Meet the Needs of India’s Students?

This is the second instalment of a two-part series on how and why our textbooks fail to meet the lofty ambitions set by national...