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…
Budget 2021-22 Will be Key to Achieving NEP Vision
With the recent approval of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020), the upcoming Union Budget 2021-22 will have to make available adequate funding to implement the key reforms and initiatives…
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 Key-Stage Examinations Can Improve Education Quality
The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 approved by the Union Cabinet in July 2020 lays down an ambitious plan for transforming school education. It highlights the need for holding key-stage…
What NEP 2020 says about school assessments
Improved learning is key for people to achieve their full potential, and for the country to cement its position as a global leader. Therefore, accurately measuring student learning in early…
‘Uttar Pradesh, Prerak Pradesh’: The Use of Teacher Learning Material to achieve Foundational Literacy and Numeracy
Uttar Pradesh, under its Mission Prerna program is working towards improving the quality of education in its 1.5 lakh primary schools. The state aims to achieve universal Foundational Literacy and…
Demystifying the Science of Teaching: A ‘Structured Pedagogy’ Approach to Improving Foundational Learning
Teachers play the most critical role in helping children learn meaningfully. Decades of research[1] has found that an effective teacher can boost children’s learning by 1.5 grade level equivalents, while a…
Fluency and its Role in Foundational Literacy
The recent announcement by the Prime Minister that children should be able to read 30-35 correct words per minute by grade 3 has necessitated a closer look at fluency, its…