As Schools Reopen, Teach Less but Teach Well
Re-visiting the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of educating children during and after the pandemic Children in our country are not learning. The National Education Policy 2020 states that even before the…
Remediation and Blended Learning: How Uttar Pradesh is Reopening Schools
As the new academic year begins after a year of school closures, we look at how Uttar Pradesh has resumed in-person classes. CSF interviewed Vijay Kiran Anand, the first Director-General…
Increased Parental Involvement Improves the Child’s Learning and Development
“Parental involvement, in almost any form, produces measurable gains in student achievement.”- Armendia Dixon Research and evidence highlight that parental involvement in children’s schooling and learning results in higher academic…
Learnings from Global Innovations in EdTech
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures impacted about 320 million children in India. However, the crisis proved to be an opportunity for EdTech which made headlines for enabling at-home…
The Untapped Potential of Digital Classrooms: A Perspective from the Low-income EdTech Space
Kesarbai Kulkarni of Aurangabad district is not educated, but she left no stone unturned to ensure that her grandson Samyak receives education. When schools shuttered in India to contain the…
Navigating Education in 2021: From Remote Learning to Blended Learning
The rise of remote learning The school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic pushed an estimated 1.2 billion children out of brick-and-mortar classrooms across the globe. Governments, and non-government and…
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 Crisis-Proof are Private Schools?
For private schools at the bottom of the pyramid, school closures due to COVID-19 and its economic consequences will pose a serious challenge COVID19 Impact on School Continuity “This is…
What we’ve learned, and what NPOs should prioritise now
In any crisis situation, leaders have the responsibility of balancing seemingly contrasting needs - bracing for a tough time ahead and at the same time spot opportunities to innovate. In…
Enabling Home Learning for Children Using EdTech
The lockdown has impacted nearly 250 million school-going children. However, school closures does not have to mean that learning among children suffers. There is a wide array of EdTech solutions available that cater to the specific needs of parents, teachers, and children.