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.

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...

Trapped! How our education system makes and breaks learning traps

Authored by Upasna Sachdeva In Part 1 of this series on Learning Traps, we introduced learning traps in the education system. A learning trap is...

Trapped! What’s Putting a Glass Ceiling on Students in India’s Classrooms?

"...the teacher still feels accountable for completing the prescribed syllabus (..) Children who fall behind stay behind as the rest of the class moves...

Equity or Error? Assessing Andhra Pradesh’s English-ization of School Education

Understanding the Context English-medium education in India is becoming more lucrative by the day. This global lingua franca, which has found its way into most...

Mediating the Media: Making India’s Children Media Literate

Authored by Ipsita Mishra The Internet is the main source of information today, with usage climbing across urban and rural areas. Where we get our...

Providing an Art Education for All

Written by Ipsita Mishra “I grew up with numbers and labels… These numbers tell me where I stand, how much I learn, and how much I...

Beyond the Books: Art Education in India

Written by Ipsita Mishra “What is Art? It is the response of an individual’s creative soul to the call of the real” —Rabindranath Tagore Art figures in...

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,...

Inclusive Education for the Visually Impaired

Written by Ipsita Mishra “I lost my vision to Chickenpox in my childhood. I used to feel that this has only happened to me until...

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...