Changing the Game: Using Technology for Foundational Learning
“Kids don’t know the words. But we catch them with the rhythm.” These words were spoken by Theodor Seuss Geisel, the man we know today as Dr. Seuss. And they…
“In order to progress, systems have to care about the learning levels of all children”: Luis Crouch(Part 2)
In the first part of our interview with Luis Crouch, we asked him about how the critical skills of foundational literacy and numeracy can be defined and measured in a manner to…
For the classrooms, we need “little EGRAs” that can be used as a mastery checklist: Luis Crouch (Part 1)
Even as countries are starting to recognize the importance of foundational learning, implementing programs that are successful and scalable is another challenge. Having spent a better part of the last…
How EdTech is Transforming Education in Remote Dantewada
Do you know where Dantewada is? Chances are, if at all anyone has heard of Dantewada, it is in the context of left-wing extremism, Naxals, conflict and violence. As a…
Can mothers help reverse India’s spiralling learning crisis?
Puja Bisht was in a rush. It was time for her to ferry her sons back home from school, just two blocks away. She locked up her one-room house in…
Reliable Assessment for Bottom-up Accountability in Andhra Pradesh
Most public education systems function through the “long route of accountability,” where teachers and education officials are not directly accountable to parents, who have limited “client power.” Private school markets,…
CSF Response to the Draft NEP
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) released the draft of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2019, formulated by a committee led by former ISRO chief K. Kasturirangan, on May…
“No education policy has made such an urgent case for foundational learning”
Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham Education Foundation, draws on her extensive experience in the field of early learning to look at how the draft National Education Policy (NEP) tackles the…
Learning Goals: Outlining an Agenda for the New Government
Good quality education is a key determinant of a country’s future economic growth and development. And a key determinant of good quality education is starting early so that the foundational…
“No child will go into class 3 without foundational learning”: Gujarat goes into action mode
The state of Gujarat has one of the most well-resourced and capable education systems in the country, with strong institutions in areas such as pedagogy and technology. In recent years,…