Education

In an effort to ‘bring change’ to a school, a well-meaning young professional fails to consider the perspectives of one of the most important stakeholders—its teachers.

Nonprofits that work with the government must prioritise patience and perseverance as necessary skills in their partnerships.

The pandemic showed us the importance of decentralised solutions in Indian education. Here's how we can effectively scale such local-level measures.

Aditya Natraj, CEO of Piramal Foundation, and Parth Shah, founder-president of the Centre for Civil Society, discuss the pros and cons of government schools and private schools, and why both are crucial for a well-functioning education system.

The NEP 2020 proposes a school quality assessment and accreditation framework to measure school performance. How will this impact education in the country?

While an increase in the overall education budget is commendable, the government needs to allocate more financial and human resources to early education.

Social-emotional learning (SEL) programmes should adopt an intersectional lens that takes into account young people’s diverse experiences of caste, class, and gender.

As socio-emotional learning (SEL) gains popularity in India, mental health practitioners and educators must work to caution against one-size-fits-all programmes that are marketed as mental health support.

Schools are slowly reopening after multiple COVID-19 lockdowns. It is time to build a better education system that focuses on the needs of the most vulnerable children, especially girls.

An education nonprofit co-founder Shravan Kumar shares how his assumption that teachers could be easily replaced by technology prevented him and his team from identifying the loopholes in their EdTech intervention.