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ASER 2024: With increasing preschool enrollment, road ahead for early childhood educationSubscriber Only

January 29,2025 06:30:10 AM

The 2024 ASER survey reached 6,49,491 children in 17,997 villages across 605 rural districts. Dr Rukmini Banerjee, CEO of the NGO Pratham that carries out the survey, explains its key findings.

Wed, Jan 29, 2025

The mission has seen energetic implementation in many states, with a new framework for the foundational stage of education developed and released well before frameworks for other stages. (File/Representational Image)

How educated mothers of young kids can help strengthen their learning journeySubscriber Only

July 29,2024 09:00:07 AM

In states like Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Haryana, 30-40% of mothers of young children have had schooling beyond Grade 10. In Tamil Nadu, this figure is close to 43%, while in Himachal, it is higher than 54%. Kerala tops this list with almost 72% of these mothers receiving high school education.

Tue, Jul 30, 2024

The ASER 2023 data shows that in the surveyed rural districts, more than 85 per cent of youth are currently enrolled in some educational institution.

ASER 2023 report: On education, let’s listen to the teenagersSubscriber Only

January 19,2024 07:00:30 AM

The report offers opportunity to look at policies and practices from point of view of a relatively understudied age group

Fri, Jan 19, 2024

Young girls cycle to high school from their village in Mallaka in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Expert Explains: ASER’s 2023 survey results show gaps in learning; tech access is an avenue beyond schoolsSubscriber Only

January 18,2024 07:00:27 AM

The 2023 survey focused on 14-to-18-year-old children in rural India, specifically on their ability to apply reading and math skills to everyday situations, and their aspirations. It also sought to capture their access to digital technology, and whether they possess the skills to use it. Here's what it found.

Fri, Jan 19, 2024

Let us close our eyes and imagine. Every child must be able to explore her interests and to discover her own potential. Keeping all children in mind, schools, families and communities must ensure building strong foundations, developing choices for pathways and opportunities for learning. (Express File Photo/Representational Image)

India@75, Looking at 100: The school of my dreamsSubscriber Only

July 19,2023 07:50:48 AM

Every child must be able to explore her interests and to discover her own potential

Wed, Jul 19, 2023

An Expert Explains: Bright spots, areas of concern in the Annual Status of Education Report 2022Subscriber Only

January 19,2023 04:49:52 AM

Enrollment has gone up even in a period when schools were shut, and we were already at very high levels before. It has risen further, including for older age groups, even though there was a fear that older girls, especially, may drop out.

Fri, Jan 20, 2023

ASER 2021 has insights on how schools can respond to post-Covid worldSubscriber Only

November 24,2021 03:45:33 AM

Rukmini Banerji writes: There are academic strategies to be developed and modified to face current teaching-learning challenges.

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

‘Learning loss’ in the pandemic, explained: The case of elementary schools in KarnatakaSubscriber Only

September 20,2021 14:19:55 PM

The New Education Policy 2020 stressed the need to give foundational skills high priority. Now, as never before, this is the urgent need of the hour, for young children and for all age groups in the elementary stage.

Tue, Sep 21, 2021

Explained: As schools prepare to reopen amid Covid, what are the challenges ahead?Subscriber Only

March 01,2021 04:55:01 AM

As schools across India prepare to reopen for young children after the pandemic year, students, teachers, and the government face a set of unique challenges. What are the key questions before them, and what action plans and strategies need to be finalised in the coming weeks?

Thu, Mar 04, 2021

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Covid-19 can be a boon, if we do the right things for children, as we reopen schoolsSubscriber Only

October 17,2020 04:02:13 AM

Once schools are properly open and attendance has stabilised, the government must take on a focussed 100-day programme when at least in primary schools, we put aside grade-wise curriculum and focus entirely on re-building foundational skills.

Fri, Nov 27, 2020

An Expert Explains: How Covid-19 has hit learningSubscriber Only

July 27,2020 05:00:45 AM

What has the prolonged absence from school meant for children? A look at how learning loss happens, how it’s different this time, and what is the way forward when schools do reopen.

Tue, Jul 28, 2020

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ASER 2019 report: A reworking of curriculum is urgently needed for the age band from four to eightSubscriber Only

January 15,2020 04:03:30 AM

Anyone looking closely at the status of young children in India will agree with the draft NEP statement that early childhood education has the potential to be the “greatest and most powerful equaliser”.

Wed, Jan 15, 2020

Glimpses of Pratham’s 20-year partnership with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther DufloSubscriber Only

December 10,2019 00:40:51 AM

Over two decades, we have together learned how hard work on the ground and rigorous research can help to evolve solid solutions to one of the big problems facing primary education in India today.

Tue, Dec 10, 2019