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Learning Deficit

December 12, 2016 12:25 am | Updated December 04, 2021 10:49 pm IST

Students of classes I and II of a primary school in Kanchipuram displaying their English writing skills.

Students of classes I and II of a primary school in Kanchipuram displaying their English writing skills.

This seven-part series will explore the multi-dimensional crisis of primary education in India. The first three parts identify the critical dimensions of this crisis and the next four explore solutions. Each segment blends a national policy analysis with local reportage, and rich graphical representation of data.

Series - 14 stories

There are many reasons why a child might drop out from school.
Learning Deficit |
Why children drop out from primary school
G. Sampath
Shivam,12 year old class VI student who works selling garlands after school at Krishna Colony T camp near Uttam Nagar, in New Delhi on Saturday.
Learning Deficit |
From school student to child labour
G. Sampath
Teacher recruitment has gotten politically and legally entangled. Photo shows teachers attending a training session in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu.
Learning Deficit — Teaching Quality |
Heavy cost of a policy that neglects educators
Omar Rashid
Students on their way back home after attending a school at Harauni village, in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, about 50 km from Lucknow.
Learning Deficit |
A noble profession under pressure
Omar Rashid
Activity Based Learning is the method of instruction for primary school children in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu.
India
Getting the elementary arithmetic wrong
D. Suresh Kumar
An Activity Based Learning class in progress in a panchayat union elementary school in Krishnagiri.
Learning Deficit — Teaching Methods |
New learning methods, old teaching constraints
P.V. Srividya
CHENNAI, 12/01/2011: As per Right to Education Act 2009 free and compulsory education upto class VIII is must for schools. School Educational Department officals will meet Matriculation School heads to discuss implemantation of Right to Education Act. A scene at Sri Ramakrishna Higher Secondarty School, T.Nagar on January 12, 2012. Photo: R. Shivaji Rao
India
Empowering the Right to Education
Jayant Sriram
The quality of school infrastruction matters most for equity in primary education.
Learning Deficit |
Transformational effect of school planning
Jayant Sriram
Government schools cater better to students of different economic backgrounds.
India
Contrasting realities in primary schooling
Narayan Lakshman
‘No child left behind’ is the philosophy underpinning the governance of government schools in Tamil Nadu.
Learning Deficit |
Two systems, two diverse offerings
Narayan Lakshman,S. Poorvaja
A scene at an anganwadi in Gandhi Nagar in Kochi.
India
Fine-tuning education for society’s youngest
G. Krishnakumar
A scene at an anganwadi in Kochi.
Learning Deficit |
Dedicated to shaping nascent minds
M.P. Praveen
For poor families in rural Bihar, educating the girl child can be tough but a rewarding choice.
India
Educating a nation
Anuradha Raman
A teacher conducting class at Govindpur Musahari Primary School in Phulwarisharief block on the outskirts of Patna.
Learning Deficit |
Learning: From mothers to daughters
Anuradha Raman,Amarnath Tewary

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