Four years of midday meals improve Indian children’s test scores by 18%, study finds

India’s school meal programme is the world’s largest, covering nearly 12 crore children.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Feb 22, 2019 · 09:00 am

‘Huge mismatch’ between what Indian parents seek from private schools and what they get, finds study

Many people are enticed by schools claiming to be English-medium when they actually teach in their vernacular language, the Azim Premji Foundation finds.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Jan 04, 2019 · 09:00 am

Jittery over school mergers, teachers in Madhya Pradesh are waiting for the election results

The BJP has slowed down implementation of the programme ahead of polls, but may go full speed ahead if it retains power.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Nov 26, 2018 · 10:30 am

School mergers: Jharkhand’s BJP MPs believe the Rajasthan model will not work in their state

Since February, Jharkhand has seen several protests against the mergers of government schools under an exercise facilitated by the Niti Aayog.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Sep 03, 2018 · 06:30 am

‘Children are no weightlifters’: Madras HC asks for lighter schoolbags, no homework up to Class 2

The court asked the Centre to instruct state governments to ensure that bags are not more than 10% of the child’s weight.

Scroll Staff

· May 30, 2018 · 02:35 pm

Testing time: As Class 10 board exam returns, schools are helping children, parents cope with stress

Central Board of School Education has again made the annual exam compulsory after eight years.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Feb 19, 2018 · 09:00 am

By making parents classroom snoops, Delhi government is undermining teachers – not helping students

Last week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said parents will get access to live CCTV feeds of their children in Delhi government schools.

Anita Rampal

· Jan 25, 2018 · 12:30 pm

'We’ve been criticised yet everybody uses our data': Director of influential Indian education survey

Annual State of Education Reports have shaped popular discourse on school education in India for a decade.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Jan 21, 2018 · 09:00 am

In Rajasthan, villagers protest as government plans private management for schools it did not build

The state plans to include 300 schools in its new public-private partnerships scheme. But some of these were built and sustained by local communities.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Jan 07, 2018 · 09:00 am

Kerala hugging case: As a mother, I am horrified by the school’s hysterical reaction

The Kerala school that suspended teenagers for a hug is likely to become the norm in India rather than the exception.

Genesia Alves

· Dec 22, 2017 · 08:00 am

Uttarakhand teacher shortlisted for $1 million prize uses IT to transform poor government schools

Pradeep Negi is the only Indian of 50 teachers who made the first cut for the Global Teacher Prize.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Dec 17, 2017 · 07:30 am

A small change in Maharashtra’s school policy has rekindled an old debate about for-profit education

The state may soon allow not-for-profit companies to run schools. Teachers and activists are now worried that the state will shut hundreds of public schools.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Dec 15, 2017 · 09:00 am