The National Achievement Survey, conducted in November last year, found that the national average of scores in all subjects evaluated fell from the last iteration of the survey in …
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Why ‘Free’ Is Not Good for Government Schools
Our poorest students are not guinea pigs for untested educational offerings, passionate but unskilled volunteers, or be at the mercy of corporations who want to imprint their brands on …
Graduation
A poem from the point of view of a teacher bidding farewell to a batch of students.
Student Elections Slated to Return to Maharashtra After 1994 Ban
Student elections will return to colleges across the state in September 2019, for the first time in 25 years.
‘Only for Your Betterment, Beta’ Or, the Death of a Melody
A poem about how our dreams and aspirations are squished out of us as we grow up.
Private Schools Are Undemocratic. Can We Redeem Them?
When status is the chief aim of schooling, as it so often is in private education, everyone ends up suffering – even the privileged.