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One square meal: How this non-tribal forest-dweller family survives without FRA recognition in Odisha -Sanghamitra Dubey and Ravisha Poddar

-Down to Earth Srikumar Khadi’s claim to his land in Odisha’s Sundergarh district is over a century old; but it still awaits recognition Srikumar Khadi’s great-grandparents moved to Bhuin-Jor from Dhamakpur in Odisha’s Sundergarh district around 100 years ago. They were offered a small piece of land in the forest by Bhuin-Jor’s inhabitants. They settled in the forest with the passage of time and started using the land as a homestead. They also...

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As schools re-open, address language & mathematics competences at different grades, adopting a socio-emotional development approach, suggests NCEE

-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...

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India has a long way to go until kids’ learning levels improve, Pratham’s Rukmini Banerji says -Soniya Agrawal

-ThePrint.in Recipient of the 2021 Yida Prize for Education Development, Dr Rukmini Banerji said the education sector in India still has a long way to go. New Delhi: The policy framework for the new National Education Policy (NEP) may be in place, but collaboration among various government departments is the only way forward, said Dr Rukmini Banerji, CEO of the Pratham Education Foundation. In an interview with ThePrint, Banerji, who was the recipient...

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Low rain spurred 10% of 1970-2000 migration increase: Report -Madhumita Paul

-Down to Earth Water shocks affect not only the number of people who move but also the skills they bring with them Rainfall variability is expected to be one of the contributing forces in migration, according to a new World Bank report released 23 August, 2021.  Rainfall deficit is linked to approximately 10 per cent of the increase in global migration between 1970 and 2000, the report said.  Water shocks affect not only the...

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Forced eviction of Khori Gaon residents amidst the pandemic is human rights violation, allege civil rights activists

-Press release by National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) dated 22 July, 2021 A report has been prepared by National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) on the basis of a public hearing on the forced evictions of Khori Gaon residents in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic and monsoon. Held on July 17, 2021, the public hearing was organised by the Concerned Citizens for Khori Gaon and National Alliance of People’s Movements...

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