Articles for Foundational Learning

How crayons, paint and play are foundational to learning in transitional kindergarten
4 months, 3 weeks ago

How crayons, paint and play are foundational to learning in transitional kindergarten

LA Times  

In California, by 2025-26 all 4-year-olds will be eligible for universal TK. Many districts have already enacted the program, including the Los Angeles school system. Many parents are unsure if they should send their 4-year-old to a full day school program and are wondering, “What will my child do at school? They will learn foundational skills for school, such as …

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Disparities in schooling quality need to end for better outcomes
7 months, 1 week ago

Disparities in schooling quality need to end for better outcomes

Live Mint  

Access to school is not sufficient; the quality of education is equally critical. NAS 2021 highlights significant disparities in educational outcomes, with leading states like Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana consistently outperforming others in Mathematics and Science. Further, NAS 2021 also indicates a decline in student performance compared to NAS 2017, highlighting significant learning losses due to a shift from rote …

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Embracing Digital Transformation in Assessments for Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in India - News18
11 months, 1 week ago

Embracing Digital Transformation in Assessments for Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in India - News18

News 18  

Foundational Literacy and Numeracy skills serve as the cornerstone upon which a child’s educational journey is built. Effective assessments are central to providing quality data on the performance of our education system and ranking states based on learning outcomes. Assessment during foundational learning can be broadly categorised into two major areas: School-Based Assessments and Large-Scale Assessments including LFE-BELIEF Student Assessments, …

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Does India really need a New Education Policy to achieve educational equity?
5 years, 5 months ago

Does India really need a New Education Policy to achieve educational equity?

Hindustan Times  

​Does India really need a New Education Policy? In reviewing this draft policy, I focussed mainly on school education including the chapters on Teacher Education, the National Research Foundation, Technology in Education and the Regulatory System. It says ‘we have been almost fatally slow in the adoption of technology to improve the quality of education’, and ‘salary, promotion, career management, …

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Use data-based solutions to improve learning levels
5 years, 11 months ago

Use data-based solutions to improve learning levels

Hindustan Times  

It has been abundantly clear for some time now that India has been facing a huge learning crisis and that the gap between schooling and learning is widening. There has been some progress towards recognising this problem and a few Indian state governments have initiated reform efforts focused on achieving foundational learning skills for children by Class 3. The Indian …

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Forget India’s Ivy League. Teach your children well
6 years ago

Forget India’s Ivy League. Teach your children well

Live Mint  

Quality education and learning has the power to transform an individual’s life by raising aspirations and by providing opportunities needed to convert those aspirations into reality. Development of foundational skills of reading with meaning and basic mathematics in children by class 3 becomes even more important in light of the uniqueness and complexity of India’s education system. Our system is …

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