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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