A survey by Delhi-based nonprofit, Indus Action (IA), of the student beneficiaries admitted under the Right to Education RTE 12(1)(c) in the states of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, and Odisha has found that there is a 93.2% Retention Rate under admittance of this entitlement providing 25% reservation for EWS students in unaided recognized private schools in India. Recognizing a significant gap in …

A NCPCR report published in March this year which analyses data from 23,487 minority schools across the country, says a little over 37% of total students in minority schools belong to these communities. The report got media attention recently and its findings are being debated. Speaking to Indian Express, NCPCR Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said, “The aim of the study was …

On the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the enactment of the Right to Education Act 2009, RTE Forum—a national network of activists, educationists, groups and non-profits—reiterated its resolve to fight for reclaiming the rightful space and attention for the children right legislation. In a webinar hosted by it to mark the anniversary, speakers attacked the government for its deliberate …

The big picture emerging from lockdown and Covid pandemic about schools is early signs of several patterns that will potentially lead to a mega upheaval in the school sector in the immediate future. For those, who were reporting a popular trend about galloping expansion of private schools to even the remotest villages of country, may see a rapid reverse in …

In the past a few years especially after the Niti Aayog associated learning outcomes with quality education, there is a mad policy rush to reduce the idea of a child to a learner. The Covid19 pandemic has if anything accelerated that process. In the name of digitalization, marginalization is to become a new normal. According to Prof. Poonam Batra, Central …

Imagine this. India slipping in the ranking behind Somalia and other sub-Saharan African countries in provision of education to its children, and then wishing at least to catch up with them! The Covid19 pandemic has exposed India’s stark and naked massive poverty on streets and the present crisis is likely to set back the county’s progress made in the universalization …