How can India's public school system bridge literacy gaps for marginalised youth?
1 week, 3 days ago

How can India's public school system bridge literacy gaps for marginalised youth?

India Today  

The literacy crisis amongst marginalised youth in India reflects systemic challenges deeply entrenched within the public education system. “Public schools, which cater to a majority of marginalised students, often lack the resources and infrastructure to address their specific learning needs,” says Awasthi. Private schools offer quality education to those who can afford it, while public schools cater to marginalised communities with limited resources. ---- In conclusion, addressing the literacy crisis amongst marginalised youth in India requires systemic changes, focusing on teacher training, equitable resource distribution, and a curriculum that aligns with real-world needs.

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Rural India records 10% rise in literacy rate in past decade
1 week, 5 days ago

Rural India records 10% rise in literacy rate in past decade

India Today  

Education has been a cornerstone of India’s development since independence, with successive governments striving to improve literacy rates across the nation. Notably, rural literacy has shown remarkable growth, with a 10 percentage point rise in the past decade, as highlighted by Union Minister of State for Education, Jayant Chaudhary, during the ongoing Lok Sabha winter session. According to statistics shared …

Over 1.17 million out-of-school children in India, 784,228 in Uttar Pradesh
1 week, 6 days ago

Over 1.17 million out-of-school children in India, 784,228 in Uttar Pradesh

India Today  

In the first eight months of the 2024-25 fiscal year, over 1.17 million children across India have been identified as out-of-school, according to data presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The Union Minister of State for Education, Jayant Chaudhary, revealed that Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of Out-of-School Children at 784,228, followed by Jharkhand with 65,070 and Assam …

Is India's education system ready to tackle the rural teacher shortage?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Is India's education system ready to tackle the rural teacher shortage?

India Today  

India is grappling with a deepening education crisis as more than 1 lakh ninth-grade students in Delhi government schools failed their annual exams for the 2023-24 academic year. IMPORTANCE OF PERSONALISED LEARNING AND TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO Praneet Mungali, Trustee & Secretary of Sanskriti Group Schools, emphasises the importance of learning outcomes in shaping education systems. URBAN-RURAL DIVIDE IN TEACHER DISTRIBUTION Similarly, …

The teachers we need for the education we want
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The teachers we need for the education we want

New Indian Express  

In a country like India, with its vast education ecosystem and network, teacher education is like a big ship—it is hard to turn by design alone; persistence matters the most. As I reflect on my journey as minister of state for education, one thing stands clear: the heartbeat of our educational system lies in the dedication, resilience and passion of …

Education Ministry defines ‘literacy,’ ‘full literacy’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Education Ministry defines ‘literacy,’ ‘full literacy’

The Hindu  

In a letter to all States, the Ministry of Education has defined ‘literacy,’ and what it means to achieve ‘full literacy,’ in the light of the renewed push for adult literacy under the New India Literacy Programme, a five-year programme, which aims to onboard one crore learners per year above 15 years across all States and union territories. Significant challenge …

Can Indian teens’ ease with smartphones be used to help fill in their education gaps? | In Focus podcast
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Can Indian teens’ ease with smartphones be used to help fill in their education gaps? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

This year’s Annual Status of Education Report or ASER, ‘Beyond Basics’, surveyed over 34,000 young people aged between 14 and 18, in 28 districts across the country, to get an inkling into: what are the young people of India currently doing? The results were perhaps not very surprising given that ASER, which is brought out by the NGO Pratham, has …

Smaller citizens: On the gaps in India’s education system
11 months ago

Smaller citizens: On the gaps in India’s education system

The Hindu  

January 19, 2024 12:47 am | Updated 08:54 am IST The pandemic was difficult for India’s youngest citizens, the children, but the true import of its impact is coming to light now. In the Annual Status of Education Report, titled ‘ASER 2023: Beyond Basics’ and released on Wednesday, a survey by civil society organisation Pratham among rural students aged 14 …

Enrolment ratio high, but proficiency in reading low among teenagers in T.N.: ASER
11 months ago

Enrolment ratio high, but proficiency in reading low among teenagers in T.N.: ASER

The Hindu  

A high enrolment ratio does not necessarily grant complete literacy, as the recent Annual Status of Education Report report has showed. While the survey found that 97.2% of youth aged 14-18 were enrolled in some form of formal education institutions, it showed that under a quarter of the teens surveyed could not read a Class II-level text in Tamil Nadu. …

Bridging the digital divide in India's education landscape demands a multi-faceted approach
1 year, 6 months ago

Bridging the digital divide in India's education landscape demands a multi-faceted approach

India Today  

While digital learning platforms are hailed as the future of education delivery in India, a considerable chunk of our population still lacks the necessary resources including devices, infrastructure, and digital literacy to reap the benefits of digital education. BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE FOR A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH "According to a survey indicated that over 85 percent of households across India had …

Ways in which the Indian education system can be strengthened
1 year, 7 months ago

Ways in which the Indian education system can be strengthened

The Hindu  

India is a country with a population of 1.3 billion and counting. Here is a look at some issues that plague the education system and what can be done to redress them: Limited funds and redistribution: The government at the provincial and national levels has to provide resources such as manpower, infrastructure and funds to cater to the country’s.educational needs …

Back to school: 22.7 lakh adults sit for literacy and numeracy skills exams this year
1 year, 8 months ago

Back to school: 22.7 lakh adults sit for literacy and numeracy skills exams this year

The Hindu  

A grandmother and her granddaughter; women behind veils in rural Rajasthan; a bridegroom in Madhya Pradesh; elderly couples heading to school together: these are among the 22.7 lakh unlikely students from ten States and Union Territories who in a bid to be called ‘literate,’ appeared for the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test for 2022-23. While there is a renewed …

Female literacy rate in India up 68% since Independence: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Female literacy rate in India up 68% since Independence: Report

Hindustan Times  

The literacy rate of women in India has increased by 68 per cent - up from 9 per cent at the time of Independence to 77 per cent at present, LiveMint reported. In India, the lowest literacy rate was recorded in Bihar at 61.8 per cent. The school dropout rate stands at 12.6 per cent while 19.8 per cent students …

Is the budget allocation of 2023 satisfactory for teacher training and empowerment?
1 year, 10 months ago

Is the budget allocation of 2023 satisfactory for teacher training and empowerment?

India Today  

School education offers the maximum opportunity and capacity to build competencies and life skills in children; therefore, the educator's role has never been more important. ABOUT BUDGET 2023 ALLOCATIONS It is encouraging to see the 2023 Budget's focus on re-envisioning teacher training through "innovative pedagogy, curriculum transaction, professional development, dipstick surveys, and ICT implementation." The budget's focus on inclusiveness and …

Education Budget 2023: Focus on Building Reading Habit, Education Among Tribal Children, Key Takeaways From Union Budget
1 year, 10 months ago

Education Budget 2023: Focus on Building Reading Habit, Education Among Tribal Children, Key Takeaways From Union Budget

News 18  

In the recently announced Union Budget 2023, the education budget focuses on increasing literacy among children in an organic manner as well as building an ecosystem that equips youth with the right skills for the job market. In a boost to increasing literacy among tribal children, the minister announced the recruitment of 38,800 teachers and support staff for 740 Eklavya …

Role of universities in boosting the literacy rate of the country
1 year, 10 months ago

Role of universities in boosting the literacy rate of the country

India Today  

Education plays a principal role in paving the way for a quality life. JOURNEY SO FAR Universities have traditionally focused on access for Economically Weaker Sections, Disadvantaged Groups, and Children with Special Needs due to the mandatory reservation of 25% of seats under the Right to Education Act. However, both private and government institutes are now making use of digital …

What India needs to improve in its education system post-pandemic? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 10 months ago

What India needs to improve in its education system post-pandemic? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

It was only in 2022, after the third wave of COVID-19, that schools in India finally reopened fully, after two plus years of pandemic-related disruptions. The Annual Status of Education Report 2022, brought out by the NGO Pratham last week, reveals that at least one of these concerns may not be a problem: overall enrolment figures for the 6 to …

Investing right and early: How early years in school determines academic excellence
2 years, 3 months ago

Investing right and early: How early years in school determines academic excellence

Firstpost  

As the world celebrates International Day of Literacy, India has as much to celebrate about as much to worry. Similarly, in India’s aspirational districts, for example, the probability of girls getting primary education is about 42 per cent lower than boys, and it remains so even when other variables, such as religion and caste, are controlled. Acknowledging its deep stratified …

Overhauling the education system in India: 7 critical changes that need to happen right now
2 years, 4 months ago

Overhauling the education system in India: 7 critical changes that need to happen right now

India Today  

The pandemic propelled a transformation in the education system that perhaps would have taken many more years to eventuate. While the last two years assumed unprecedented importance in the journey of a reimagined education system, today, which is all the more critical for all of us. Here are the changes that must be integrated into the Indian education system today …

Book Review | Teach our smaller citizens to know, not ignore, the world
2 years, 5 months ago

Book Review | Teach our smaller citizens to know, not ignore, the world

Deccan Chronicle  

This slim volume of essays by one of India’s best-known educationists must be read by everyone who has anything to do with school education. The essays are based on speeches, lectures and previously published material and deal with important aspects of school education with reference to raising Indian citizens. At the very beginning, the author states in the prologue, that …

Reverse the learning loss of India’s young
2 years, 6 months ago

Reverse the learning loss of India’s young

Hindustan Times  

A new government survey released on Wednesday evening confirmed what a raft of non-official reports and studies have been indicating: Learning levels were hammered by the Covid-19, with school closures disproportionately impacting students in rural areas. The National Achievement Survey 2021, the first such exercise conducted since 2017, found that the national average percentage, the average of scores across four …

Is the push for foundational numeracy and literacy pro-poor?
2 years, 9 months ago

Is the push for foundational numeracy and literacy pro-poor?

Hindustan Times  

The National Education Policy in 2020 prioritises the attainment of foundational literacy and numeracy for all children as an “urgent national mission”. Despite the rhetoric of “FLN for all”, the push for attaining these basic skills is almost exclusively directed at children from rural and marginalised communities who have historically received a substandard education. Despite the rhetoric around FLN ushering …

Will Budget 2022 heal India's sagging education system?
2 years, 10 months ago

Will Budget 2022 heal India's sagging education system?

India Today  

India is one of the countries where school closures due to the pandemic were the longest in the world. In over 60 per cent of government primary schools in Uttar Pradesh, children were found sitting in multi-grade classrooms, possibly due to lack of space or teachers, according to the Annual Status of Education Report 2018. From 11.4 per cent of …

School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System
3 years, 1 month ago

School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System

News 18  

Education remains the solitary ray of hope for many to break the vicious circle of poverty. However, the data released by the Unified District Information System for Education for the academic session 2019-20 shows that 78 per cent of schools in India don’t have internet facilities and more than 61 per cent do not even have computers. Approximately 12 crore …

Over 15 crore children deprived of benefits of education system: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
3 years, 4 months ago

Over 15 crore children deprived of benefits of education system: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

India TV News  

Over 15 crore children do not get the benefits of the education system, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in an event on Thursday. "Though 35 crore students are getting education in schools, still there is a major number of students, estimated 15 crores are out of the education system," News Agency ANI quoted the Education Minister, as saying. A recent …

We Need Caring Schools to Bring Back Millions of ‘Offline’, Pushed-out Children
3 years, 4 months ago

We Need Caring Schools to Bring Back Millions of ‘Offline’, Pushed-out Children

News 18  

There is a strong call for governments to reopen schools. A survey conducted in 200 villages of Tamil Nadu found that enrolment in government schools had increased by 5 per cent while it dropped by 7 per cent in private schools during the pandemic. About 80 per cent children were from government schools and others from private schools. Over 90 …

India’s Covid generation: the children facing two years out of school
3 years, 5 months ago

India’s Covid generation: the children facing two years out of school

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Many of my children are …

Percentage of school students owning smartphone in rural India rose to 61% in 2 years: Economic Survey
3 years, 10 months ago

Percentage of school students owning smartphone in rural India rose to 61% in 2 years: Economic Survey

India Today  

The percentage of school students owning a smartphone in rural India has increased from over 36 per cent to 61 per cent in the last two years, the Economic Survey 2020-21 noted and stated that if utilised well, the resultant reduction in digital divide is likely to reduce inequalities in educational outcomes. Literacy rate in India "While India has attained …

How to bridge the gap between student enrolment, attendance
4 years, 2 months ago

How to bridge the gap between student enrolment, attendance

Hindustan Times  

Boot Polish is, perhaps, independent India’s first movie centered on the issue of the lives and tragedies of children pushed into children labour as a consequence of their mother’s death. It may be serious health conditions such as a disability, bullying at school, the death of a loved one, being pushed into labour or early marriage among other reasons After …

Covid-19 deepens digital divide: How to upgrade rural education system in India
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 deepens digital divide: How to upgrade rural education system in India

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the Indian education system, pushing the migrate from traditional education to online. In a sense, it has created an opportunity to fill the gaps in rural education, which has many challenges for students such as lack of parental interest, digital divide, traditional modes of teaching, under-trained faculty, etc. Digital divide Despite having the second-largest internet …

Addressing Educational Inequality and Ensuring Inclusive Education: Lessons for India’s NEP from 2020 UNESCO Report
4 years, 4 months ago

Addressing Educational Inequality and Ensuring Inclusive Education: Lessons for India’s NEP from 2020 UNESCO Report

News 18  

India finally has a new National Education Policy, the first in over three decades. One would hope that the government would go slow with the process of rationalisation in view of clear evidence that the policy inflicts “pain without gain” for India’s most marginalised communities. It remains India’s only state with a multilingual education policy and also has a large-scale …

Education at the mercy of the market
4 years, 4 months ago

Education at the mercy of the market

The Hindu  

It is an intriguing but by now a hardly surprising fact that on June 24, the Human Resource Development Ministry finalised a loan with the World Bank as the culmination of a process allowing for its third and final intervention 1993-2002 and the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan since 2002) in determining the structure, content and governance of the entire system of …

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