The Beacon Educator Fellowship: Driving Change for 3,000 Government Teachers from Uttar Pradesh
By supporting the needs of overwhelmed government teachers, the Beacon Educator Fellowship hopes to improve learning in Uttar Pradesh's public schools.
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?
From Streets to Schools
“I think we have failed our children. We will have to be kind to them, we have to reach out to them. The country...
Project Awareness: Addressing Mental Health Literacy in a School in Rural Karnataka
As early as 1954, the first director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Brock Chisholm famously stated that “without mental health, there can...
Educating Refugees: Uncertain Prospects for Rohingya Children in Chennai
Written by Jayashri R. Sundaram
“I am happy that I can at least go to school here. Back home we were not allowed to even...
Can the NITI Aayog’s School Education Quality Index Effectively Evaluate Indian Education?
Written by Avani Airan
The NITI Aayog recently introduced a first-of-its-kind School Education Quality Index (SEQI). The index provides a regular review of the quality...
The Final Verdict: Our Judges Need to Be Trained Better
Written by Avani Airan
Trends in the interpretation and application of the law by the judiciary have a huge impact on how society views itself,...
Situating the Madrasa in Modern India: Is Reform Around the Corner?
Written by Avantika Bunga, Gopika Kumaran & Shreyasi Rao
The Indian State’s fraught history of ensuring primary education for marginalized communities has made madrasas viable...
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...
Dialogues: Geeta Dharmarajan on the Power of Children’s Literature
The new National Education Policy (NEP) is fresh off the press, and contains big plans for school education. In light of India’s all too...
