Education and health are central to developing human capital and driving economic growth. Since independence, the Indian government has invested in building public health facilities (more than 200,000) and public…
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…
Schools have gradually started reopening for in-person teaching in some states after being forced to shut for around 17 months since March, 2020. During this period, children’s learning along with…
The impact of pandemic-induced school closures in India since March 2020 has had an unprecedented impact on the school-going children, especially students from low-income households enrolled in non-elite private schools…
A study conducted by the Central Square Foundation suggests that nearly 80% parents from low income households[1] want to continue sending their children to private schools despite their inability to pay fees. And…
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Education launched the National Initiative for Proficiency in reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN) Bharat. A national mission, NIPUN Bharat aims to achieve universal…
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Education launched the National Initiative for Proficiency in reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN) Bharat. A national mission, NIPUN Bharat aims to achieve universal…
This month completes a year since Covid-19 forced schools to discontinue physical classes. And while the education ecosystem is still grappling to mitigate the impact of the pandemic for about…
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…
“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…