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BLOG // RISHI VASHISTHA
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In Good, We Trust
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About
a year ago, I had the chance to be a part of a very interesting event
in New Delhi. As many as two hundred people from across the country had
gathered to speak about some special kind of schools – schools that
operated a wafer-thin profit margins, delivered better educational
outcomes than most government schools and were the preferred choice of
even those parents who had the smallest amount of money to spend on
their children’s education.
As I heard some notable speakers talk about these schools, I
gathered that there were some serious challenges, which would not let
them flourish and grow, to the extent that they would need external
protection and promotion in order to even survive. I learnt that these
schools are not RTE-compliant, which means they do not fulfill an array
of conditions that would qualify them as ‘schools, where children could
learn’. In another session, I also realised how difficult it was for
them to upgrade to meet those norms and standards, which as research
indicates, have no significant effect on learning.
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FULL STORY >>
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VIDEO // CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY, JUNE 2013
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About NISA - the National Independent Schools Alliance
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The
National Independent Schools Alliance is the largest association of
budget private schools in India. As of today, it represents over 36,400
schools from 20 state associations, which cater to the needs of ~9.35
million children at an average of ~250 children per school. Watch this
video from the first School Leaders Summit held at New Delhi in
2012.
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VIDEOS
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RESEARCH // CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY, SEPTEMBER 2014
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RTE And Budget Private Schools: What Would Gandhi Think?
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James
Tooley's research is a journey into the history of Indian education,
drawing comparisons between the shutting down of indigenous schools
then, on Macaulay's recommendations, and the closure of budget private
schools today under the RTE, for being "not good enough". He explores
the well-intentioned policies, and their faulty premises - that people
cannot be trusted to make judgements about what is better or worse for
their own children; and suggests that we take a leaf out of Gandhi's
book and resist the closures, to win our educational independence.
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OPINION
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DID YOU KNOW?
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FEATURED
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Should All Private Unrecognised Schools Be Closed Down?
Is
it justified to gauge all private schools by the same yardstick
and shut them for non compliance with RTE norms and standards. Or should we think harder?
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India Needs To Save 300,000 Budget Private Schools
An estimated 300,000 recognised / unrecognised private schools are endangered because of RTE. However, 1.2 million dysfunctional government schools are exempt.
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Four Days To Go: 3rd National School Leaders Summit (SLS)
National
Independent Schools Alliance (NISA) is holding the third annual, national meet
of leaders of budget private schools (BPS).
27 September 2014, New Delhi.
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POLLS AND DISCUSSIONS
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THE RTE NEWSREEL
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New Delhi // The Indian Express // 23 September 2014
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Bring Back Exams, More Weight On Learning, Teachers
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The
Rajasthan government is planning two significant amendments to the
Right to Education (RTE) Act: reintroducing exams in at least three
classes from Class I to 8, and giving more weightage to “learning
outcomes” than to physical infrastructure of schools while deciding on
their recognition or registration.
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Maharashtra // DNA // 23 September
2014
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Report: Learning Outcomes
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Improving
learning outcomes is a crucial task that stares the Indian education
system in its face. Prachi Rege tracks the scope of education surveys
that try to spot loopholes in the learning system.
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Maharashtra // The Indian Express // 22 September 2014
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Little Big Steps
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The
ECC Campaign, which aims to enroll every 6 to 7 year-old child in
mainstream schools, was conceived by city-based social worker Rajani
Paranjpe, who runs runs Door Step School (DSS) that educates
under-privileged children in Pune and Mumbai. As part of the campaign,
in the year 2012 and 2013, as many as 3000 children were enrolled in
PMC area under the Right to Education Act in 2012 and 2013.
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All India // The Financial Express // 19 September 2014
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Pay School
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Higher pay for teachers doesn’t lead to better learning outcomes, studies find.
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Punjab // Hindustan Times // 15
September 2014
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'TET No Job Guarantee, Just Eligibility'
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four months in the saddle, Punjab education minister Dr Daljit Singh
Cheema has enough to say on improving the school education system, as
he also looks critically at central flagship schemes Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan and Midday Meal and makes a case for financial powers to the
states for their success.
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