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Krishna Kumar
The writer, professor of education at University of Delhi, was director of NCERT from 2004 to 2010
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In India, why teachers are walking away from the classroomSubscriber Only
October 04,2025 07:02:16 AM
They realise that authorities and donors are more interested in evidence of efficiency than in children’s well-being and learning
Sun, Oct 05, 2025
Digital push, especially in the classroom, reveals cracks in access and empathySubscriber Only
August 12,2025 07:14:56 AM
Digital technology has come to occupy so central a place in the imagination of educational planners that they can no longer perceive what all its force can damage in an already fragile systemic environment
Tue, Aug 12, 2025
CBSE’s turn to the mother tongue requires more than intent — it demands structural shifts and classroom autonomySubscriber Only
June 28,2025 11:18:03 AM
The system of education is accustomed to treating language like a subject. There is little room in such a system to permit teachers to pursue curricular goals at their own pace. The transformation of such a system cannot be achieved with a circular and a brief re-orientation
Sat, Jun 28, 2025
West Bengal’s teacher hiring scam: A crisis long in the makingSubscriber Only
April 12,2025 07:20:10 AM
Can the gap in recruitment procedures between government and private schools be bridged? For such a fantasy to come true, every government school would have to be treated as an autonomous unit
Sat, Apr 12, 2025
Centre vs Tamil Nadu: We are having the wrong debate about languageSubscriber Only
February 27,2025 07:02:01 AM
The question is not the adoption of the three-language formula, but standards of teaching in languages
Thu, Feb 27, 2025
What we don’t talk about when we talk about the ‘environment’Subscriber Only
December 12,2024 18:38:45 PM
Does Delhi’s pollution find resonance in Pune? Do we care that conflicts and wars in Ukraine and Gaza are also poisoning the air? Or that ‘green technologies’ may just be a market mantra?
Thu, Dec 12, 2024
‘Anyone can teach’ is a common view in India. But is it true?Subscriber Only
September 06,2024 08:13:24 AM
Teachers remain victims of a prejudiced public perception. But their job is as important as that of junior doctors
Fri, Sep 06, 2024
How state governments have undermined right to educationSubscriber Only
August 16,2024 12:18:51 PM
An Act that was designed to protect the rights of children is now being used to enable private schools to exclude the poor with the state’s help and connivance.
Sat, Aug 17, 2024
NEET controversy: MCQ-based examination isn’t the right way to spot doctorsSubscriber Only
June 10,2024 16:54:39 PM
Mechanical testing makes it convenient to deal with large numbers of aspirants, but the cost is heavy. Doctors constitute far too important an aspect of society to be selected on the basis of coachable capacities.
Wed, Jun 12, 2024
A parent who championed all childrenSubscriber Only
April 19,2024 08:00:46 AM
Kusum Jain fought legal battles against corporal punishment, making examination system transparent
Fri, Apr 19, 2024
Open book exams — a step towards ‘learning without burden’ for studentsSubscriber Only
February 28,2024 07:07:51 AM
With weekly and monthly tests, a breathless routine destroys the child’s search for meaning in what is taught. This failure needs a broader remedy
Wed, Feb 28, 2024
Who is afraid of air pollution?Subscriber Only
November 18,2023 07:07:04 AM
Unfortunately, any fear of the harmful effects of pollution is second only to the pleasure of carrying on with business as usual
Sat, Nov 18, 2023
Disaster in the Himalayas: No one likes to say that tourism brings troubleSubscriber Only
August 14,2023 17:07:56 PM
Policy is governed by the perception that the tourism industry is the key to prosperity. An important element of this perception is the underestimation of the cost of unbridled tourism for the fragile Himalayan ecology
Sat, Aug 19, 2023
Scrapping of DU’s B.El.Ed course: The teachers who could have beenSubscriber Only
June 02,2023 07:17:57 AM
Krishna Kumar writes: Perhaps it is too early to write the obituary of this unique teacher education course. But its uncertain fate speaks of larger things
Fri, Jun 02, 2023
The problem with universal child rights: Cultural differences abound in how we raise childrenSubscriber Only
April 20,2023 18:34:20 PM
'Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway' underlines the distance between the rigidity of child-rearing practices in the wealthy West and the economic constraints so common in the developing world
Tue, Apr 25, 2023
A novel for children in Sanskrit could change the climate change storySubscriber Only
December 19,2022 07:48:12 AM
Krishna Kumar writes: Radhavallabh Tripathi’s 'Manavi' could help shape young minds, change the conversation on climate change
Mon, Dec 19, 2022
Krishna Kumar writes | The question this Teachers’ Day: Why are an increasing number of teachers failing to establish a bond with students?Subscriber Only
September 05,2022 03:30:02 AM
Krishna Kumar writes: It seems that teaching the young is no longer an attractive profession because systemic conditions are so discouraging. It points towards the reforms that education now requires
Mon, Sep 05, 2022
Krishna Kumar: The end of childhoodSubscriber Only
June 18,2022 04:00:27 AM
We live in times when insecurity and fear of being harmed is endemic to childhood
Sat, Jun 18, 2022
Rajesh Kochhar and the spirit of scienceSubscriber Only
March 21,2022 03:40:42 AM
Long before the ethos became polarised and public patience with argument and detail ran dry, he had developed a pithy style that allowed facts to speak for themselves
Mon, Mar 21, 2022
How ‘innovation’ and ‘narrative’ came to dominate educationSubscriber Only
January 15,2022 04:00:10 AM
🔴 Krishna Kumar writes: Since the 1980s, 'innovation' and 'narrative' have become keywords that mark a new culture of teaching and research. There’s no longer any need to cultivate the patience to make sense of things
Sat, Jan 15, 2022
How do we protect children in the Digital Age?Subscriber Only
October 13,2021 04:02:51 AM
Krishna Kumar writes: Predatory activity apart, the injurious potential lurking in communication networks has greatly increased with children’s own participation in these networks.
Thu, Oct 14, 2021
The idea of a South Asian solidarity still has the potential to detoxify the legacies of 1947Subscriber Only
September 08,2021 04:00:18 AM
Krishna Kumar writes: When SAARC was mooted in 1985, it created the hope that trade, cultural activity and intellectual exchange would gradually diminish the political legacies of Partition by nourishing a regional fraternity
Thu, Sep 09, 2021
How education can combat prejudiceSubscriber Only
July 13,2021 03:00:32 AM
Krishna Kumar writes: By critically engaging with the perceptual histories children have internalised, education can counter caste and religious discrimination.
Tue, Jul 13, 2021
NEP’s regulatory architecture is too monolithic for higher education in a diverse countrySubscriber Only
January 02,2021 03:08:34 AM
The National Education Policy (NEP 2020) announced a few months ago, too, has endorsed the idea by providing for a common single regulator for the entire higher education system, with the exception of medical and law education.
Sat, Jan 02, 2021
In the dark at Hathras: Would it have made a difference if the girl had not been forced to drop out of school?Subscriber Only
October 31,2020 03:36:42 AM
Would it have made any difference to the young Dalit girl had she not been forced to drop out of school? We cannot say, for such is the state of information about education in UP.
Sat, Oct 31, 2020Journalism of Courage
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