-Press statement by the National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE) dated June 2, 2022 We strongly urge the Government of Karnataka to: 1. Revoke the recent revisions to the Textbooks, which are regressive in nature, and have been done in an arbitrary manner, without adherence to well-defined curriculum framework and processes. 2. Print and supply the Textbooks which have been in use for many years, post the last revision.  3. Focus energies on...

-The Hindu Yawning gap between States in access to online education, says the study. The percentage of rural children who were not enrolled in school doubled during the pandemic, with Government schools seeing an increase in enrolment at the expense of private schools, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2021. Over a third of children enrolled in Classes 1 and 2 have never attended school in person. However, enrolment does...

-Press release by National Coalition on the Education Emergency dated 2nd November, 2021 * India’s 250 million children returning to school after 18 months of school closures and devastating learning loss * The NCEE warns that re-opening schools cannot be “return to school” as normal, and lack of a comprehensive approach will deepen the existing education inequality * Education recovery efforts require a multi-year, radically new approach, NCEE says NEW DELHI: The overwhelming majority...

-The Telegraph The govt would be providing it to all its over 7 lakh students of Classes IX-XII for the first time since its over two-decade existence Jamshedpur: Students in government schools and intermediate colleges of Jharkhand will not have to purchase Textbooks. The Jharkhand government would be providing free Textbooks to all its over 7 lakh students of Classes IX-XII for the first time since it’s over two decades of existence. It...

-Newsclick.in As schools remain closed, poor tribal villagers cannot afford smartphones and computers to aid their children’s online education, leaving this young population facing a precarious future. “I wish doors of the primary school are unlocked for our children after being closed for 16 months and if it does not happen the younger generation will permanently fall out of the education system,” says Dhaneshwari Devi of Dumbi village in Latehar district of...