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Education

Education, learning and skilling, the role of institutions and regulations, and experiences of citizens especially our young ones.

schools reopen in Chennai
Education

Opinion: Some dos and don’ts for parents as schools reopen

September 14, 2021 Goldy Malhotra

As schools reopen, parents have to be very patient and help their children through what could be a phase of challenging adjustments.

Students face grave learning gap and catch up appears daunting with continuing school closures
Education

School closure: The mountain of myths standing between our kids and education

September 8, 2021 Bhaskaran Raman

Are vaccines a must before kids can go to school? Can schools be super spreaders? Such perceptions are delaying reopening, but do they have a basis at all?

Teacher training
Education

Opinion: What teacher training in a post-COVID world must include

August 23, 2021 Goldy Malhotra

There has to be a paradigm shift in teacher training, with compulsory computer education for all and emphasis on behavioural preparation.

Delhi corporation school students
Education

Delhi: The case of the missing class 5 students from corporation schools

August 19, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Thousands of Class 5 students from MCD run-schools are not traceable as their phone numbers and addresses in the records are wrong.

New CBSE exam evaluation
Education

Opinion: The new CBSE Class 12 evaluation system is at best a make-shift arrangement

July 19, 2021 J S Rajput

The ‘two board exams’-based evaluation proposed by CBSE for the class of 2022 rests on ‘trust the teacher and the school’. But can this be a regular alternative?

Students face grave learning gap and catch up appears daunting with continuing school closures
Education

When school board exam cancellations would cease to matter

April 30, 2021 J S Rajput

New assessment systems for schoolkids are urgently needed. It is high time school boards pay serious attention to exam reforms and look at alternatives, writes a former NCERT chief.

Education

Future of Jobs: Is the MBA regime nearing its end?

March 16, 2021 Ambi Parameswaran

Going forward, the MBA market will probably get splintered into sub-parts and specialized MBAs, focusing on specific sectors like entrepreneurship and more.

Education

Betrayed, cheated, angry: Delhi’s municipal school teachers not paid since August

February 4, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Online teaching, physical coordination with students lacking digital access, frontline COVID duty — they have done everything expected of them. Yet their pleas fall on deaf ears everywhere.

Education

Access to schooling: Will 2021 further deepen the divide?

December 28, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

COVID-19 has made education technology-centric and the trend seems to be here to stay. But this will only widen the divide between different groups in terms of access to education.

Education

For schoolkids in Delhi, not quite a happy new year

December 28, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Virtual school has created stress, uncertainty and confinement for students. But if and when schools do reopen, will parents feel comfortable sending their kids to school?

Education

The challenges before Delhi’s ‘Happiness’ teachers, during COVID and otherwise

October 15, 2020 Kriti Gupta

The Happiness Curriculum was introduced in Delhi government schools in 2018. A recent research project tells us how teachers have been faring, before and during the pandemic.

Education

Back to school: Are we ready to go the same way as global schools are going?

September 23, 2020 Swati Amar

Many countries have started reopening schools amid immense challenges. As schools in our cities, from Gurgaon to Hyderabad, also see partial reopening this week, what are parents, administrators and students saying?

New board evaluation system
Education

Gaps remain, but technology is the best bet for Delhi schools today

August 6, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Despite niggles over unequal access, missing interaction etc, students and teachers are trying to derive the most out of the various initiatives introduced to facilitate schooling online.

Education

When the screen is your child’s classroom and playground

August 3, 2020 Swati Amar

What is school like without peer interaction, free play and spontaneous exchanges with teachers? Swati Amar spoke to teachers, parents, children and a psychologist to find out.

Education

Can online coaching help Kota revive its local economy?

July 28, 2020 Kavita Kanan Chandra

Kota, a reputed hub of coaching for competitive entrance exams, is tottering as students have gone back home and ancillary businesses catering to them have had to shut shop.

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