Based on multiple reports including Annual Status of Education Report (ASER, 2014, 2018), National Achievement Survey (NAS, 2021) etc., it is now widely accepted that children in India, and in Tamil Nadu, are in the midst of a learning crisis
Education enables people to enhance their capability and functioning to lead a life of dignity. Tamil Nadu has focused on this crucial human development indicator since the formation of the Justice Party (political party established in 1916, in Madras presidency
Urmila Reghunath & Vijayalakshmi Mohan writes for The Bastion on how effective advocacy can influence public policy.
Merlia Shaukath writes for The Bastion on the importance of parents as critical stakeholders in the education system.
Aparna Shankar writes for The Bastion the means and methods by which a state can gather the required data to make evidence-based policy decisions.
Vijayalakshmi Mohan writes for The Bastion just how far we have come in supporting in-service teachers in primary schools in their continuous professional development.
In the second part of the series, Srivathsan Ramaswamy writes for The Bastion on the different ways in which the Centre and states can tackle curriculum design to benefit public school students.
In the first of a two-part series on curriculum design in India, Srivathsan Ramaswamy writes for The Bastion on why and how textbooks fail to meet the standards of ambitious education policies.
Part 2 will delve into the nuances of the lifetime human need for education, from the perspectives of equitable delivery and uniformity.
In the preceding article, we proposed that a well designed and equitably delivered education system could become a key
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