Category Archives: General
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Learning in Lockdown, the NEP’s Vision, and Strengthening Education Post-Pandemic: Ei Dialogues with Dr. Rukmini Banerji
To begin season four of Ei Dialogues, Pranav Kothari spoke to Dr. Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham Education Foundation. Pratham works to make quality education accessible to all and is [...] -
Building Capacity In Assessments For MOOC creators
The National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) has launched Mission Karymayogi to enhance governance through Civil Service Capacity Building. According to NTP, [...] -
Enabling Efficient Learning – Asking Ourselves: What, Why and How
Apart from effecting a devastating human tragedy, Covid has transformed the fundamental nature of our interactions with each other. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the lives of [...] -
Personalized Adaptive Learning for Post-Pandemic Education
This article was originally published by The Bastion on 7 Sept, 2021 To say that India’s children have suffered in this pandemic is an understatement. While the country opened up [...] -
Censuses, Samples or Opt-ins: How Should We Assess Our Education System?
On the first anniversary of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of the Structured Assessment for Analysing Learning (SAFAL) , an [...] -
Learning Well in Lockdown: Muskan’s Journey with Mindspark
Muskan is a reserved child, at least in conversations. Her responses to questions tend to be a simple “yes, sir” or “no, sir”, punctuated by the occasional nervous giggle. “Uss ki umar [...] -
Opportunities to Connect Maths with Real Life
Here is a conversation between 4-year old Ariha and her father. Ariha: [After applying a mosquito repellent] Papa, the monsoon has arrived. Mosquitos will come to bite us. So, I have [...] -
Realising the NEP’s Vision of Transforming Assessments in Schools across India
The National Education Policy (NEP) affirmed the government’s commitment to education reform. A key focus of the NEP is to transform assessments "from primarily testing rote [...] -
The Concrete–Pictorial–Abstract (CPA) Approach in Teaching Mathematics
“Any curriculum for primary mathematics must incorporate the progression from the concrete to the abstract and subsequently a need to appreciate the importance of abstraction in [...] -
COVID-19: Changing Workplace and Rethinking Employee Experience
The coronavirus pandemic is now a dominant issue in our lives. Despite the sporadic flattening of the curve, disruption to all aspects of life continues. From March, we witnessed [...]