-Press release by UNICEF dated 23 June, 2022 COVID-19 worsens global learning crisis, risking $21 trillion in lifetime earnings WASHINGTON: As a result of the worst shock to education and learning in recorded history, learning poverty has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries, with an estimated 70 per cent of 10-year-olds unable to understand a simple written text, according to a new report published today by the World Bank,...
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The textbook controversy in Karnataka -Sanaah Mehra
-The Hindu Why has the revision of textbooks in the State triggered opposition from several communities, writers and students? The story so far: A textbook revision committee headed by Rohith Chakrathirtha was set up in Karnataka following a memorandum submitted by the Karnataka Brahmin Mahasabha to the Primary and Secondary Education Minister B.C. Nagesh. The memorandum demanded revision of Class 6 Social Science textbooks on the ground that they “hurt the...
More »Needed, education data that engages the poor parent -Priyadarshini Singh
-The Hindu What India lacks — and needs — is data which can hold the local vision of education and local actors accountable When the children of the poor cannot read and write, when they do not play and dance in school, can the poor speak and demand change? We gather data on enrolments, retention, learning, infrastructure, and teacher training to understand the state of our public school system. But is data...
More »India’ fodder crisis: Why cattle owners in this Haryana village want to shift to dog-breeding -Bhagirath
-Down to Earth Cattle ranchers sold milch cows at throwaway prices after incurring losses of about Rs 3 lakh in 5 months Mangatram Aane from Lokra village in Haryana’s Gurugram district had hopes of good income when he left his job with Hero Honda 15 years ago and started dairy farming. Initially, he fetched a good money from dairy farming, then he became a veterinary doctor. He felt that dairy farming had...
More »Trans people can register themselves, get benefits: UP government plan -Kishor Dwivedi
-The Telegraph CM Yogi Adityanath had on April 18 directed state government officials to carry forward welfare measures for transgender people Noida: The Social Welfare Ministry of Uttar Pradesh has proposed a first of its kind voluntary registration for transgender people in the state, aimed at devising welfare measures for the marginalised community, according to officials. The ministry has proposed a budget of Rs 200 crore for the welfare of transgender people...
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