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A Budget for Quality Education
The Union Budget represents signalling about priorities as much as it actually allocates money for different activities. Indian annual expenditure on education exceeds 1 [...] -
Preparing our Children for the Future
Judit Polgar is a chess grandmaster considered the strongest female chess player of all time. She became the world’s youngest grandmaster in 1991 when she was 15 years and 4 months old [...] -
How to Create a High-Quality CUET
The article was originally published in Hindustan Times on 3rd October: Read the original article here The idea of a Common University Entrance Test (CUET) is inherently a good one. [...] -
Assessing Oral Language Proficiency in Early Years
Does this ring a bell? Our children admire and cherish great communicators and want to be like them. However, often, they do not communicate competently or dread communicating even if [...] -
Authenticity And Math Word Problems – Authentic Questions Beget Authentic Responses
Last week while scrolling through my social media, I came across this post that had garnered thousands of likes and comments! It clearly resonated with a large group of people [...] -
Creating Good, Innovative MCQs
National Education Policy 2020 lists down several initiatives to improve learning levels among students, especially reforms in assessments. The Central Board of Secondary Education [...] -
Opportunities to Connect Maths with Real Life
Here is a conversation between 4-year old Ariha and her father. Ariha: [After applying a mosquito repellent] Papa, the monsoon has arrived. Mosquitos will come to bite us. So, I have [...] -
The Importance and Characteristics of Figurative Language Comprehension
What comes to your mind first when you read/hear the expression ‘it’s raining cats and dogs '? Well, sensibly so, one does not imagine cats and dogs falling from the sky. We ignore the [...] -
The New Normal ‘Online’ Education and Carbon Footprint: Making Informed Decisions
Come March 2020 and the world was shaken by a tiny virus that changed the very foundation of functioning that the human race was used to. Everything from daily chores to social [...] -
How Children Think: An Essential Tool Kit for Teachers
Piaget: What makes the wind? Julia: The trees. P: How do you know? J: I saw them waving their arms. P: How does that make the wind? J (waving her hand in front of his [...]