In another three years, India will commemorate the 50th Anniversary for one of its earliest flagship programmes, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). The programme’s intention is to ensure Early Childhood Care and Development for Children between 0-6 years of age. Beyond this, the programme also caters to the needs of pregnant and lactating mothers by …
The pandemic COVID-19 unleashed a global crisis that pressed for expertise more than ever before. Virologists, epidemiologists, and other health scientists were hunted all across the nations to reframe health policies to cater to the requirements of the pandemic. And, their formulations to contain the coronavirus remained unchallenged. The epistemic authority of experts justified restrictive …
The Indian economy has witnessed the brink of transition through the process of economic liberalisation undertaken in 1991 which shifted the focus from government owned entities to private players, while attracting foreign investment and decreasing inflation rates through open market competition. Despite such elaborate mechanisms, the effect of rise in GDP could only be observed …
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As we will be celebrating our 75th year of Independence (Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav), it seems fit to take a look back and assess our journey until now, the hits and misses and the way forward. The Indian democratic experiment, from its hard-fought struggle for independence to eventually an independent republic in 1947 and over …
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In India, sex education has long been a contentious issue. While some people understand the need of teaching sex education to kids at a young age, others do not believe it is necessary to teach or even discuss sex with their children and that it would tarnish the minds of their kids. We do not …
The phenomenon of Gender encompasses a socially constructed category (as against natural and biological differentiation on the lines of ‘sex’) that assigns specific characteristics, socially acceptable attributes and norms, behavior, and practices, as well as the allocation of resources and responsibilities to both men and women, thereby highlighting the need for a thorough examination of …
This essay attempts to analyse the major regulatory concerns arising from the newly proposed systems for school accreditation and standard setting under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The highlighting of these concerns shall be complemented by policy proposals to address them. Before beginning the analytical section of the essay, it is necessary to clarify …
On 23 March 2020, a nationwide lockdown was instituted to contain the spread of the deadly Covid-19 in India. At one stroke, almost in a baptism by fire, all educational institutions were closed and so, more than 1.2 billion children around the world were abruptly out of school. Schools and universities were pushed into conceding …
Education allows people to live a dignified life, improve quality of living and participate in the national development (UNESCO, 1990; 1996., DFID, 2006). But the Covid-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the education system in India, more so for the adolescent population.
The RTE brought new dawn upon the human capital of a rapidly developing country such as India. The ASER report from 2018 states that substantial improvements are visible over these 8 years in the availability of many school facilities mandated by RTE. The report stated that the fraction of schools with usable girls’ toilets reached 66.4% in …
