In India, bridging the gap between home learning and school learning
3 years, 7 months ago

In India, bridging the gap between home learning and school learning

Hindustan Times  

The launch of NIPUN Bharat in early July by the ministry of education sets India at the forefront of global education reform. Schools have been shut since March 2020, and parents and families have become central stakeholders in ensuring that learning continues at home. These two factors have allowed private and government school systems to connect with parents, especially for 3 to 9-year-old children in the FLN age group who find it hard to access learning. It focuses on the right interventions around children by designing learning lakshyas, curricular materials and assessments, and around teachers through training. Azeez Gupta and Utsav Kheria are Harvard and IIM-A alums, and co-founders of Rocket Learning, an organisation focusing on school and life readiness for all young children The views expressed are personal

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NIPUN Bharat 2.0: Rewriting the education story
1 week, 5 days ago

NIPUN Bharat 2.0: Rewriting the education story

Hindustan Times  

Reforming one of the world’s largest and most diverse education systems would not have been possible without the pivotal unveiling of India’s child-centred, ambitious and futuristic National Education Policy 2020. Aimed at ensuring every child in India masters basic reading, writing, and arithmetic by Grade 3, the mission aligns with the NEP 2020’s urgent call: “Our highest priority must be …

Why some Indian parents are homeschooling their kids
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Why some Indian parents are homeschooling their kids

India Today  

Picture this: 'you’re a kid again. In a now-viral Reel showcasing their ‘unschooling method’, Iftekhar explains that his children learn history through travel, while his son picked up maths by playing cricket and keeping track of scores. Iftekhar points out that since homeschooling relies heavily on learning from one’s environment, children in less interactive surroundings - like modern metro cities …

Teaching kids through life, not textbooks — these Kolkata parents say no to schools
1 month ago

Teaching kids through life, not textbooks — these Kolkata parents say no to schools

Live Mint  

In a world where academic achievements often define success, a Kolkata-based family is challenging the norms by embracing unschooling, a growing movement that rejects traditional education in favour of real-world learning. Unlike homeschooling, which follows a structured curriculum at home, unschooling allows children to learn organically through experiences, curiosity, and hands-on activities. Some users in the comments argue that traditional …

The education imperative: India’s Parliament must tackle its learning challenge
3 months, 1 week ago

The education imperative: India’s Parliament must tackle its learning challenge

Live Mint  

In ancient Indian philosophy, vidya —or wisdom—is celebrated as the ultimate liberator, the force that dispels ignorance and uplifts individuals and societies. Since India’s vast and complex education system serves 260 million children, taught by 9.5 million teachers across 1.5 million schools, bringing about any form of reform into this system is an uphill battle. The government’s Nipun Bharat mission …

The seven musical notes of education to solve the learning crisis
8 months ago

The seven musical notes of education to solve the learning crisis

Hindustan Times  

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Eyeing innovation, collaboration, ‘Shiksha Saptah’ in Haryana schools begins today
8 months, 1 week ago

Eyeing innovation, collaboration, ‘Shiksha Saptah’ in Haryana schools begins today

Hindustan Times  

The Haryana education department is set to kick off a week-long series of programmes in schools starting Monday, under the Union ministry of education’s guidelines to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the National Education Policy, 2020, with ‘Shiksha Saptah’. Each day of the week under ‘Shiksha Saptah’ will feature a different theme, encouraging students to take up new challenges. The …

Maximising India’s demographic dividend through foundational literacy and numeracy
1 year, 4 months ago

Maximising India’s demographic dividend through foundational literacy and numeracy

Hindustan Times  

The demographic dividend, often hailed as an opportunity for economic growth, can quickly morph into a demographic curse if a population lacks the requisite education and skills. The State of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in India Report highlights the economic importance of early childhood education, stating, ‘early education is crucial and important as it paves the way for future income, …

U.P. govt to make people aware of initiatives in the field of education
1 year, 9 months ago

U.P. govt to make people aware of initiatives in the field of education

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh government has issued directions for organising public participatory programmes in schools under the Nipun Bharat Mission in the state to make students, parents and teachers aware of the initiatives being undertaken by the government in the field of education. The programmes will feature an array of activities to make teachers, parents, community members, and representatives of the …

The changing face of Indian education: Is homeschooling a new normal amongst young parents?
2 years, 3 months ago

The changing face of Indian education: Is homeschooling a new normal amongst young parents?

India Today  

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted nearly every sector of the industry, with education being no exception. When it comes to conventional schooling, one curriculum is designed for everyone, but when it comes to home-schooling, parents can customize the curriculum of their children according to their interests and work towards their better development. On the contrary, homeschooling gives …

National Education Day: Dream of transforming education in India
2 years, 4 months ago

National Education Day: Dream of transforming education in India

Firstpost  

Education can promote innovation, reduce socioeconomic inequalities, and strengthen institutions. However, these dreams are realized once the quality efforts on education are strengthened in the country and it requires lot of reforms in terms of curriculum construction, teacher education and teacher professional development and bring out the children from learning crisis with a child friendly environment as guided by NEP …

Investing right and early: How early years in school determines academic excellence
2 years, 6 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 …

Book Review | Teach our smaller citizens to know, not ignore, the world
2 years, 8 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 …

Has homeschooling become the new normal?
2 years, 8 months ago

Has homeschooling become the new normal?

Live Mint  

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School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System
3 years, 4 months 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 …

Edu Min Ramesh Pokhriyal launches NIPUN Bharat for helping children attain foundational literacy
3 years, 8 months ago

Edu Min Ramesh Pokhriyal launches NIPUN Bharat for helping children attain foundational literacy

India TV News  

Edu Min Ramesh Pokhriyal launches NIPUN Bharat for helping children attain foundational literacy "NIPUN Bharat aims to cover the learning needs of children in the age group of 3 to 9 years. Teachers need to focus on every child for developing basic language, literacy and numeracy skills which will help them develop into better readers and writers," Nishank said Union …

Decoding the agenda of the new National Education Policy
4 years, 7 months ago

Decoding the agenda of the new National Education Policy

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet’s approval of N ational Education Policy 2020 on July 29, was preceded by significant moves by the Government of India, which revealed the ideological framework of the policy. Yet, the NEP proposes to over-centralise all key decision-making “from ECCE to higher education” through a spectrum of new central agencies and mechanisms to be constituted/instituted; for example, the …

NEP can help make India a knowledge-based economy | Opinion
4 years, 7 months ago

NEP can help make India a knowledge-based economy | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

The National Education Policy is a game-changer. Successful implementation of the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy mission has the potential to make India an economic powerhouse There are five major aspects of the policy that can potentially transform school education: Focus on foundational learning, universal access to pre-primary education, key-stage assessments to measure learning outcomes, integration of technology in education, and …

Lockdown-hit Indian homes transform into schools as parents grapple with the new role of teachers
4 years, 11 months ago

Lockdown-hit Indian homes transform into schools as parents grapple with the new role of teachers

India Today  

As you all know, due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases throughout India, the government has imposed a nationwide lockdown. Digital learning Preparing the youth and parents for online education The shutting of schools and suspension of hobby classes and coaching sessions have upset the routine of students. For many students, this might be the first online …

How to make your children empowered citizens of future India with the right preschool education
5 years, 7 months ago

How to make your children empowered citizens of future India with the right preschool education

India Today  

The first stepping stone for a child towards development is Early Childhood Development, a step that decides not only their future but the future of the country as they will grow up to become part of the force contributing towards the economic development of the country. The great minds of India who believed education should start early The focus on …

What is the right age for a child to start going to school?
7 years ago

What is the right age for a child to start going to school?

Live Mint  

The earlier wisdom was for schooling to begin around the age of 6. By the age of 6, the child’s brain is almost adult-like—future learning is significantly dependent on the basic language and higher cognitive capacities the brain has developed in the early years. Today, almost every child from a middle-class home begins schooling at age 3, effectively bringing us …

India must ensure children are learning, too
11 years, 5 months ago

India must ensure children are learning, too

Hindustan Times  

In 2000, India signed the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals that set out broad development targets to be achieved by 2015. Now that the global dialogue is moving to the creation of a post-2015 vision, we must ensure that in education we emphasise the quality of learning from early childhood through secondary education. Three specific areas that should be addressed …

Behind the differential reach of primary education
15 years, 3 months ago

Behind the differential reach of primary education

The Hindu  

Among other factors, class-related disadvantage and its correlates call for a variety of remedial measures Streamlining and simplifying curricular demands at the primary stage of education would worry some people who see ambitious attempts, even if not successful, as good ways to perform better. This is the way Europe and America have educated their children in primary schools when they …

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