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Implement educational reforms in honour of Dr Kasturirangan (1940-2025)
Full text linkWe must democratize Indian education in tribute to the vision of an educationist we’re indebted to. He chaired the committee that gave India its National Education Policy (NEP) 2020
Educationally effective yet reflexively opposed
Full text linkCriticism aimed at the board’s directive on using the mother tongue of children for early education is misguided. In a linguistically diverse country where English is alien to most, it’s the ideal language for our classrooms
Azim Premji Foundation to help up to 2.5 lakh girls across 18 states pursue higher education
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Data collection in action: An experiment by upper primary students
Full text linkIn our weekly Ganit Manthan class, we do mathematical explorations with school students. I posed a problem on probability to the students who knew only elementary aspects in probability and were not formally introduced to the subject. The question was as follows: You are talking on the phone with your friend who is a boy. He asks you this question: “I have a sibling. Can you put a guess whether my sibling is a girl or a boy?" If you were to place a bet on the gender of the sibling, what would you place a bet on - a boy or a girl? This article is the experience written in the voice of three students on how they went about solving this problem using empirical data collection. I hope that Mathematics teachers can draw ideas from this exercise on making Data Collection and Data Handling interesting and engaging using examples that may be relevant for the students. It can also give ideas on how to engage in a discussion on the process of data collection before the data is analyzed. And all this, within the gamut of learning ability of upper primary school students
Seat Number 22
Full text linkWhat is the connection between a bus seat layout and a rectangular wave pattern? How do open-ended questions reveal unlikely connections? In this article, I share a personal
classroom experience, in which students used visualisation to connect the concrete with the abstract. The open-ended conversations led to new insights and direction
Understanding foundational literacy and numeracy
Full text linkAccording to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for Foundational Stage 2022, the objective of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) is to make young learners proficient in reading, writing and mathematical skills from the early years. The skills mastered at this stage not only better equip them for the educational journey ahead but also prepare them as adept learning individuals
Foundational numeracy with my mathematics kit
Full text linkIt is the objective of a mathematics teacher to simplify mathematical processes, give children experiences with
these and, thereby, keep every child connected with the processes in the classroom. If every child gets the opportunity to go through the process of learning mathematical concepts, they will be able to work comfortably with abstract ideas. This article explores such efforts of a teacher
Diversity in approaches in community-based mental health interventions in India: A narrative review and synthesis
Full text linkMental health is a global priority, fundamental to the health and development of all nations. The contribution of mental disorders to the global burden of disease is widely recognized; however, a significant care gap exists, particularly in the context of low-and middle-income countries. In India, for instance, there are 0.3 psychiatrists per 1,00,000 population. To address this severe shortage of mental health professionals and resources globally, the World Health Organization has suggested the adoption of a community-based mental health care approach, where the locus of services shifts from institutional care to local communities. Over the last five decades in India, diverse approaches to mental health care have emerged because of the interaction of dominant discourses on community-based mental health care with various socio-cultural contexts. In addition to the government-run mental health program and programs run by medical colleges, civil society organizations have increasingly contributed to this space. Although studies have assessed individual interventions, there exists a need to map these interventions and synthesize the approaches for service delivery to inform public health practice in India and in low-and middle-income countries at large. This narrative review attempts to map and synthesize insights from community-based mental health interventions in India implemented across diverse contexts. We searched peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters published in the English language between 2010 and 2023. We present the synthesis of approaches used in 41 community-based mental health interventions, where we unpack key intervention components and processes adopted for primary prevention and promotion; identification and case detection; treatment and care, and rehabilitation in the community. This review presents key recommendations for practitioners about the role of community, the diversity and commonalities in various approaches across contexts, the roles of various actors in service delivery, and the shared values guiding the conceptualization and implementation of community-based mental health interventions in India
