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What memories do you have of your summer break? Most of us made our fondest childhood memories during this time. It was a break that all children looked forward to with joyous anticipation- a time to play without care, pick up new hobbies at a summer camp, learn about new things through school assigned activities, visit new places with family and for some of us, catch up with school work and even get ahead on our syllabus. Even teachers looked forward to the same to take a break from their schedules and plan a vacation with their own children. We may also be familiar with parents being a bit hassled with the need to “engage their children productively” often with concealed plans to “cover the syllabus in advance!". Unfortunately, this may not be the reality for the majority of the students attending government schools in the country.

There have been sincere efforts from government as well as non-government actors, across the globe and in India, to solve the problem of low learning levels among children through programs, projects, and interventions for ‘quality education’ at the school, block, district, and state level. However, the fact that most of them have not led to any substantial, lasting or sustainable impact, visible at a state, or country level is a testament to this challenge being a ‘wicked’ one.