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...
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...
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...