Education

Parents, activists and academia divided while State Cabinet intends to modify RTE rules

December 11, 2018 Arjun Rajan

State Cabinet has decided to amend the Right to Education rules to go for private schools only where government schools do not exist. Legal precedence doesn’t support this. What are the implications of the amendment, and what are parents worried about?

BBMP can handle Bengaluru’s schools better, State just needs to help

November 19, 2018 Shashank Atreya

As part of the Bengaluru Solutions Series, the second installment looks at private and government schools in Bengaluru. This piece looks at the shortcomings of state-sponsored education, and ways to improve the quality of affordable private education

A school in the cloud contributes to quality of teaching and learning in Karnataka’s schools

November 16, 2018 Arjun Rajan

Learning outcomes in government schools and affordable private schools remain lower, due to the quality of teachers and other related issues. Can an app help teachers better their own skills of teaching? Meghshala is trying to crack the right formula for this.

How volunteer teachers are making a difference in Bengaluru’s govt schools

November 15, 2018 Navya P K

Teaching, helping with infrastructure support like labs and play areas has helped push enrollment and learning outcomes in a few schools. Can they scale and sustain?

What ails Bengaluru’s government schools?

November 14, 2018 Navya P K

With everyone including people belonging to high and low income sectors preferring private schools, government schools are seeing low enrolment and even closure. Who is to blame? What’s going on?

How industry-academia partnership can help increase employability in IT

October 9, 2018 Shree D N

The emergence of private organisations that offer skilling solutions is a perfect marker for the rising problem of unemployability among fresh IT graduates. What other solutions exist to the skill gaps clouding the job-worthiness of the new workforce in IT?

Skill gaps among fresh IT graduates in Bengaluru impact hiring numbers

October 5, 2018 Shree D N

2.11 lakh students were enrolled in engineering courses in 2017-18, only 34,506 students were placed in Karnataka, according to AICTE. This points to a dim overall hiring scene, though IT graduates are only a fraction of this number. Why aren’t fresh IT grads getting hired?

Aspirations of young urban poor: Bridging the employability gap

August 28, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Blue and grey collared workers are integral to the city – garment workers, domestic help, masons, plumbers, sweepers… But what will the future of their children be? In this article, we look at the challenges these youth face in getting the jobs they want and what could help overcome those.

Aspirations of the young urban poor: A job that pays well, and has ‘prestige’

August 14, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

With no influential friends or social network and limited education, where do the children of our domestic workers, security personnel or other blue/grey-collared workers find jobs? How often are their expectations being met?

Pre-primary section in govt schools: this Bengaluru NGO creates a model to follow

July 19, 2018 Sahitya Poonacha

Even as the Chief Minister announced in the budget of including pre-primary section in government schools, an NGO quietly worked on creating a model for such schools. What is this idea all about?

NIMHANS launches digital academy to help tackle India’s mental health crisis

July 13, 2018 Seema Prasad

In June 2018, NIMHANS, which has 5.5 lakh people from around the country seeking help at its doors annually, formally launched a digital academy that will impart virtual training to doctors around the country to address and treat common mental health disorders.