Indian education

A Malayalam film has inspired real Kerala schools to replace rows with U-shaped seating. Here’s how it’s changing learning.

Most of us may not know that the Indian state of Kerala has played an essential role in shaping Bhutan’s modern education system to be the way we know it today. Here’s how the construction of this new reform took place.

Professor Ritika Mahajan shares the finding of a survey conducted in Jaipur and NCR to understand how each education board — CBSE, ICSE, IB, etc — offers something different, and on what parameters parents pick ‘the right’ choice.

India has a shortfall of nearly one million teachers. But unique initiatives like Lenovo SmarterEd are filling the gap, reaching those who need help the most.

The enrollment of children in the age group 6 to 14 years has been above 95%. However, for the first time ever, the number of children not enrolled in schools has gone below 3%.

PISA assessments arise from the need to understand the education system and how one can improve it. Its goal is to represent the outcomes of learning rather than the outcomes of schooling.

Wanting to make the path easier for the visually impaired (VI) people is the non-profit initiative, Hear2Read, which uses Text to Speech (TTS) software that processes visual content into audio.

The education space is being transformed today through simple and effective solutions. Here are some of the best ideas!

India is currently facing one of the worst educational crises in the world. Only 48% of 5th grade children can read a grade 2 text. About 32% of grade 2 children cannot recognize numbers and 50% of grade 5 children cannot do basic subtraction. Meet Soumya Jain, a Teach for India Fellow, who is helping address this crisis.

Delhi University has decided to increase its intake of students in the next academic session. This is the first time in eight years that DU has taken such step.