School Education

Bihar Turns its Back on School Education

There are two interconnected root causes for the travails of Bihar’s school education system—a paucity of resources and ineffective policies. There is a similar situation in Jharkhand. There is yet…
▶07-Feb-2024
Paran Amitava, Kanika Sharma
Book
Book Review

Alternative Visions of Educating India

Innovative school programmes to build more appropriate ways of learning and teaching have ultimately floundered on the question of integration with the formal education system.
▶13-Sep-2023
Vidya Subramanian

Gloom in the Classroom: A Silent Crisis in Jharkhand’s Schools

The public schooling system in Jharkhand has improved over the years but deep structural inadequacies remain. The most troubling aspect is the silence in public forums while the student victims lack…
▶06-Apr-2023
Paran Amitava

Building Foundations Well: The challenge for primary education

The draft New Education Policy gets it right in emphasising the importance of Early Childhood Care and Education and the need to urgently work on establishing foundational literacy and numeracy at…
▶20-Jun-2019
Rukmini Banerji