-TheWire.in Even in a state like Kerala, higher human development indices have not translated into equally solid gender outcomes. An interesting public policy question that has emerged over the last few years is why high human development indices are not translating into a better ‘gender status’ for Kerala. The Human Development Index (HDI) in Kerala (0.763) is the highest in India. The HDI is estimated as the geometric mean of three crucial aspects...
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Still short of schooling at 74 -Jean Drèze
-The Hindu India’s failure to put in place a sound schooling system is exacting a heavy price Word has it that there are two schools of thought among Indian development economists — one advocating growth and the other redistribution. This perception is quite misleading. For one thing, growth and redistribution are not the only means of making the world a better place. To illustrate, civil liberties have much to contribute to the...
More »India Can't Keep Citing the Pandemic to Deprive Children of Education -Ritambhara Singh and Mihir Rajamane
-TheWire.in It has already been a year and a half since the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education. It is high time that governments come up with innovative solutions to deal with the emerging situation. July 31, 2021 marked the first anniversary of the National Education Policy 2020. This year also marks the 11th anniversary of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education, 2009 (‘RTE Act’) coming into force. However, the...
More »Only 8% of minority students attend schools for minority communities, NCPCR report says -Kritika Sharma
-ThePrint.in NCPCR report, 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. New Delhi: Only 8 per cent of a total 4,81,91,351 children from minority communities, aged between 5 and 15, attend schools for minority communities, a report by the National Council for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has found. Furthermore, just over 37 per cent (38,44,074)...
More »‘Digital Divide’ a Curse for Jharkhand’s Tribal Children as They Forget Past Learnings -Saurav Kumar
-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...
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