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BLOG // MERIL ANTONY
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Ideating at Sprint Speed
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In
our previous blog, Will Gossin spoke about the Design Sprint programme
that was being conducted for University of Chicago graduates under the
International Innovation Corps (IIC) Fellowship programme. Centre for
Civil Society (CCS)’s National Independent School Alliance (NISA)
partnered with IIC to conduct a five-day intensive training programme
at the UChicago Center in New Delhi.
In the week long intensive
programme, the IIC fellows conducted a field study to four budget
private schools (BPS) in East Delhi where they interacted with
different stakeholders - parents, teachers, students and school owners
to understand different perspectives on the issues and challenges being
faced by the BPS in the education space. They also interacted with
various service providers and state association leaders to get a better
grasp of the current scenario regarding the quality of education in BPS.
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VIDEO // RSA
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Changing Education Paradigms
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This
RSA Animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken
Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient
of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award The RSA is a 258 year-old charity devoted to driving social progress and spreading world-changing ideas.
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RESEARCH // UNITED NATIONS, 2014
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Private schools and the issue of gender discrimination
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Low-fee
schools provide an alternative: Although South Africa still has a
relatively small number of low-fee private schools, Dmitri Holtzman,
the executive director of the Equal Education Law Centre, said: “There
has been a marked increase in enrolment at them over the last decade
with the privatisation in education agenda gaining some considerable
traction – which includes a number of ‘private school chains’ and
corporate investment. “This shift is fuelled, in part, by the
considerable problems in the public education system which has the
effect of undermining public confidence in public schools.”
Jane
Hofmeyr, a senior consultant for education at the Centre for
Development and Enterprise, said low-fee schools “provide access,
choice and quality education to learners in disadvantaged communities
where there are no public schools or poor quality ones”. “Low-fee
independent schools are growing rapidly, especially with development of
chains of schools by new players in the sector, such as the Spark
schools. They are making a significant contribution to the schooling of
disadvantaged learners: for instance, in Gauteng in 2013 there were
70 000 learners in schools which charged fees below R 12 000 per annum.”
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OPINION
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DID YOU KNOW?
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FEATURED PUBLICATION
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Should we invest in developing Indian Institutes of Teaching?
Much
on the lines of the country's top educational bodies, the Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Management (IIMs), is it time
to seriously think about world-class Indian Institutes of Teaching?
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In science, India invests far less than China, US, S Korea
A
report by a thinktank shows India's investment in science has lagged
behind that of neighbouring China, the US and South Korea, resulting in
these countries staying ahead when it comes to research.
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Policy Brief: School Management Committees
Accountability Initiative and Central Square Foundation, June 2014
Successes, challenges and opportunities in the functioning of SMCs as envisioned in the RTE Act
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THE RTE NEWSREEL
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NCT of Delhi // The Hindu // 28 July 2014
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The inspiring tale of an ordinary government school
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The
Government Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya at Kakrola in West Delhi is no
longer an ordinary government school with thousands of students and
poor infrastructure. Earlier, the school lacked proper infrastructure
for Science, but now the school secured a 100 per cent result in the
stream in the Class XII exams last year.
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All India // The Economic Times // 28 July 2014
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Do school administrations care whether teachers are trained and sensitised for their job?
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The
recent rape of a six year-old girl in a Bangalore school, and the
horribly shocking visuals of helpless children being thrashed brutally
in Kolkata, Delhi and Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh over the last week
have shaken the nation to the core. As, indeed, they should. They have
also sparked off the mandatory rounds of debates on television
channels. While this certainly has the virtue of focusing attention on
these issues, one can't help but be deeply frustrated with some of the
"analyses" offered.
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NCT of Delhi // The Hindu // 27 July 2014
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Mentoring change
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Vandinika
Shukla, India’s representative at G(irls)20 summit in Sydney, shares
her leadership experience in community development projects. My quest
to learn and engage with what it means to create ‘impact’ led me to
participate in and lead multiple community development and social
entrepreneurial projects since high school. My keen interest in the
role of the Right to Education Act (RTE) — landmark legislation for
accessible education in India, encouraged me to join a youth led
organisation —‘Becoming I foundation’ — to conceptualise and execute a
novel project called ‘Enable’.
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All India // The Hindu // 25 July 2014
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Include third gender children in schools: HRD Ministry
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The
Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has advised all States
and Union Territories (UTs), barring Jammu and Kashmir, to take
appropriate action for the inclusion of “third gender’’ children among
socially and educationally backward classes for admission in
educational institutions under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to
universalise elementary education.
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All India // Business Standard // 23 July 2014
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Dropout rate matter of concern: Smriti Irani
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The
overall primary school dropout rates have gone down in India except in
the case of tribal children, Human Resources Development Minister
Smriti Irani said here Wednesday. The primary school dropout rate has
gone down from 9.11 percent in 2009-10 to 4.67 percent in 2013-14,
Smriti Irani said in the Lok Sabha. The minister, however, added that
the dropout rates of tribal children is a matter of deep concern,
though the overall rates have gone down.
Eid Mubarak! We wish you peace and happiness.
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