Amit Kaushik

The writer is a former director in the erstwhile Ministry of HRD, and CEO of the Australian Council for Educational Research (India). ACER is the global manager for PISA 2025

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Any plans to reintroduce this format of assessment should take into account the learning from the last short-lived attempt to do so, as well as the distortions that crept into the so-called Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) that became overly prescriptive.

Best of Both Sides: Before open book exams, teach students to thinkSubscriber Only

March 15,2024 07:05:34 AM

This format will only work if students are encouraged to apply their knowledge, not focus on rote learning

Fri, Mar 15, 2024

The Right to Education Bill focusses on minor details,not overall qualitySubscriber Only

February 13,2009 01:41:47 AM

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill,2008 could potentially mark a watershed in the history of India.

Fri, Feb 13, 2009

Rational choice is a fictionSubscriber Only

July 12,2007 23:24:13 PM

The country’s first school voucher programme was implemented in Delhi earlier this month. Is this the solution to the crisis in our schools? Or do school vouchers promote state irresponsibility in a crucial arena? What does ‘choice’ mean in this context?

Thu, Jul 12, 2007