Budget 2021-22 Will be Key to Achieving NEP Vision
With the recent approval of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020), the upcoming Union Budget 2021-22 will have to make available adequate funding to implement the key reforms and initiatives…
Gujarat: Is the Education Budget Enough for Schooling Reforms?
With the Union Budget 2021-22 just around the corner, this edition of The EDge is dedicated to understanding implications of budgetary allocations on education reforms. CSF interviewed Dr Vinod R.…
How Key-Stage Examinations Can Improve Education Quality
The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 approved by the Union Cabinet in July 2020 lays down an ambitious plan for transforming school education. It highlights the need for holding key-stage…
What NEP 2020 says about school assessments
Improved learning is key for people to achieve their full potential, and for the country to cement its position as a global leader. Therefore, accurately measuring student learning in early…
‘Uttar Pradesh, Prerak Pradesh’: The Use of Teacher Learning Material to achieve Foundational Literacy and Numeracy
Uttar Pradesh, under its Mission Prerna program is working towards improving the quality of education in its 1.5 lakh primary schools. The state aims to achieve universal Foundational Literacy and…
Demystifying the Science of Teaching: A ‘Structured Pedagogy’ Approach to Improving Foundational Learning
Teachers play the most critical role in helping children learn meaningfully. Decades of research[1] has found that an effective teacher can boost children’s learning by 1.5 grade level equivalents, while a…
Fluency and its Role in Foundational Literacy
The recent announcement by the Prime Minister that children should be able to read 30-35 correct words per minute by grade 3 has necessitated a closer look at fluency, its…
NEP 2020 puts students at the centre of reforms: Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
As Union Minister of Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' oversaw the drafting of the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 which was released after a gap of 34 years. In an…
We must ensure that efforts to eliminate FLN crisis are not hollow: Dr Kasturirangan and Prof Behar
Dr K Kasturirangan, the Chairperson of the National Education Policy Committee, and Prof Anurag Behar, the CEO of Azim Premji Foundation, talk about the highlights of the recently released National…
Experts Call for an Enabling Environment for Private Schools
Central Square Foundation, in partnership with Omidyar Network India, recently released the first-of-its-kind report on the private school sector in India. The ‘State of the Sector Report on Private Schools…