22 Sep 2021
Harini Calamur
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The Indian states, worried as they are about COVID-19 and the fatalities, need to take a calculated risk to reopen schools. While the risk to some students of contacting COVID-19 is high, the risk to the future of all students is even higher As the world locked down last year in the face of the…
26 Sep 2020
S. Ramadorai
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India has a positive demographic opportunity, with over 60 percent of its population in the working-age group. Needless to say, education and skill development are the tools required to realize this demographic potential. In this backdrop, the formulation of the National Education Policy 2020 that replaced the 34-year-old National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986, assumes…
14 Aug 2020
Meghna Girish
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Growing up in the 1960’s and seventies, I fell in love with my country over many little things. Those long train journeys watching lush green fields, rivers & forests go past, waving at strangers who smiled back, studying in schools in different towns and cities across many states, making new friends and experiencing the warmth…