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 Swacch Bharat Summer Internship Pave the Way for Community Service in Indian...
Co-authored by Simran Taneja and Charith Reddy
Let us rewind to four years ago when a fresh-faced Narendra Modi called upon all citizens to dedicate...
The Bastion Dialogues: Saurabh Taneja
Saurabh Taneja (ST) is the CEO of The Akanksha Foundation, a non-profit organisation providing children from low-income communities with a high-quality education. For over...
Rewriting the National Education Policy: Shortcomings and Solutions
Written by Tanvi Mehta
‘There is a need for value education, experiential learning, practical knowledge, life skill education and physical education. But where is the...
How Community-Based Learning Supports Students and Families in the Long Run
“During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there was complete uncertainty about colleges reopening and the kind of future I would have,” recalls Dhanashree Madigalekar, a...
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...
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...
The Bastion Dialogues: Anil Pradhan
Anil Pradhan (AP) is the founder of the International Public School for Rural Innovation (IPSFRI), an initiative started in 2015 to educate Odisha’s under-privileged...
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...
