Six Years of NEP 2020: From Policy to Classroom Learning
India stands at a rare inflection point. To become a developed nation by 2047, we need sustained, broad-based economic growth and our strongest asset in achieving it is our demographic…
NIPUN Bharat Mission at Five: What Worked, What Next
The five years of the NIPUN Bharat Mission across states have fundamentally reshaped how India approaches early learning with clear goals, well-designed teaching-learning material (TLM), meaningful investments in teacher capacity,…
Every Child Counted: How Haryana Closed the Loop Between Assessment Data and Learning Outcomes
It is a Tuesday morning in September 2025 in a government primary school in Kaithal, Haryana. The class teacher of Grade 3 is present, but today she is not the…
Building Haryana’s FLN Engine: In Conversation with Dr. Parmod Kumar on NIPUN Transformation
Since July 2021, Haryana has been building one of India's most comprehensive state-level foundational learning ecosystems. What began as a commitment to the NIPUN Bharat Mission has evolved into a…
Inside CSF EDuConclave 2026: Ankho Dekhi, Conversations That Mattered
Improving learning outcomes in India at scale calls for deep collaboration across stakeholders and sectors. As Shri Sanjay Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education,…
From Data to Dialogue: A Conversation with Rajni Shekhawat
Since September 2025, an experiment on measuring & disclosing school quality data has been underway in Jodhpur. A competency-based assessment was conducted across Grades 6 to 8 in 54 English-medium…
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Making School Learning Visible: From Policy to Ground Reality
Drawing on a pilot conducted between October 2025 to January 2026 across 54 English medium Mahatma Gandhi Government Schools in the Jodhpur block of Rajasthan, this article examines how public…
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Shaping Stronger Learning Foundations in Odisha: In Conversation with Pramod Senapati
Pramod Senapati, Teacher, Kamalapadar Upper Primary School, Malkangiri Block, Odisha Q1. What does it mean to you to be part of a child’s early learning journey? What makes teaching in…
Class II, Sewapuri
Districts at the Heart of NIPUN Bharat Implementation – In Conversation with Santanu Chari
Santanu Chari, Project Director, District Project Management Units (Uttar Pradesh), CSF Q1. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the NIPUN Bharat Mission place a strong emphasis on foundational learning.…
Students react as 37 years old Radha Agrawal, a grade 1 teacher, conducts an activity during a FLN session as part of the NIPUN programme at a govt. primary school at Judiyan in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, March 2025.
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Reimagining Engagement: Parent–Teacher Meetings at the District Level in Uttar Pradesh
Under the NIPUN Bharat Mission, community participation is key to improving student learning. In Uttar Pradesh, Central Square Foundation is working with district administrations across six districts to reimagine Parent–Teacher Meetings (PTMs) as meaningful spaces for dialogue, not just compliance.