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Understanding parental perceptions and their involvement in children’s learning through the lenses of accountability: Evidence from rural India

by Rajalaxmi Singh and Ricardo Sabates | May 30, 2024 | Learning

India has made substantial progress in achieving universal enrolment in primary education, with almost all children being enrolled in school. Nonetheless, learning remains a challenge, particularly in rural areas. Read More

India’s national education policy attempts to address poor learning outcomes

by Yifei Yan | May 7, 2024 | Learning, Policymaking

Unlike some of its neighbours, India has long neglected its primary and secondary education sector. While progress has been made towards achieving universal education since the 1990s as the neglect got substantially remedied, learning outcomes still remain poor and quite uneven between government and private schools as well as across… Read More

What does an ‘effective’ teacher look like? Factors associated with different teacher ‘outcomes’ in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India

by Rhiannon Moore | Nov 28, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Teachers

This research used mixed methods analysis to examine factors associated with ‘teacher effectiveness’ in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, a context in which the role of the teacher is challenging, contradictory and rapidly changing. Read More

Decolonising Indian business and management education, knowledge and practice

by Nirved Kumar | Sep 28, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Decolonisation

It is challenging for marginalised nations, institutions, and individuals to engage in decolonial practices when the neoliberal paradigm and neocolonial education are prevalent globally. Read More

Promoting free speech and expression through Project Voices in Delhi

by Shreyan Acharya, Himanshu Gupta and Kadambari Lohiya | Jul 20, 2023 | Learning

Project Voices (2022-23) is an endeavour to create spaces in 1,000+ government-run schools for children to practice verbal communication with options in Hindi or English through different public-speaking activities. Read More

Central Square Foundation’s Experience of Working with the RISE Diagnostic Framework in North India

by Jasmine Dhingra, Isha Shingte and Garima Grover | Mar 8, 2023 | Learning

The RISE Education Systems Diagnostic is a tool for identifying strategic priorities for education system reform. In the first blog in this series, we hear from Central Square Foundation, one of the organisations that piloted the Diagnostic in 2022. Read More

Learning about SDGs in Delhi schools through student magazines

by Himanshu Gupta and Shreyan Acharya | Nov 9, 2022 | SDGs

As India embraces “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (the world is one family), awareness about the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has become important for students at the school level. A bi-annual e-magazine pilot project was initiated in 30 government-run schools in Delhi with the purpose of empowering students with knowledge and skills… Read More

Parental involvement continues to be central for reducing school dropout: evidence from India during the pandemic

by Subhasree Sarkar and Ricardo Sabates | Sep 26, 2022 | Learning

What can we learn about the role of parents during school closures and their influence on reducing the likelihood of school dropout? Our ESRC funded project “Accountability from the Grassroots in Uttar Pradesh, India” is based on the premise that children learn best when the most important adults in their… Read More

Girls’ education might just save the planet!

by Safeena Husain | Jul 25, 2022 | Girls' Education

As parts of India are gripped in an extreme heatwave, I am reminded of the alarming statistic by Care International: ‘Women are 14 times more likely to die in climate related disasters than men[1]’ – a staggering fact that illustrates how the poorest women and girls, who contribute the least… Read More

Involving the community in raising children’s foundational learning outcomes: Evidence from India

by Suman Bhattacharjea, Deepak Kumar and Ricardo Sabates | Jul 18, 2022 | Early Childhood, Literacy and Numeracy

Achieving basic literacy and numeracy skills is fundamental for successful learning through the schooling cycle. Supporting children to achieve these foundational skills requires not just teachers, but multiple stakeholders working together to enable meaningful understandings and applications of these skills. But, how can multiple stakeholders work together to ensure that… Read More

Bridging the digital divide through EdTech capacity-building in communities in India

by Kriti Mahtab and Pupul Lama | Jun 28, 2022 | Learning

With the advent of the digital revolution, the Indian education sector has witnessed a slow shift from the traditional blackboard-classroom setting to a more digitised learning environment. The reforms proposed under the National Education Policy 2020 emphasised the cultivation of 21st-century skills – like creativity, critical thinking, and digital literacy. Read More

Montessori Model to Build Back Better in Delhi Government School

by Shreyan Acharya and Himanshu Gupta | Jun 27, 2022 | Early Childhood, Learning

The 8th of March 2022 marked a new dawn in the history of government schools in Delhi, especially at the primary level, as the Montessori Lab was launched in a government-run school for the first time. Read More