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A Budget for Quality Education - EI blog
The Union Budget represents signalling about priorities as much as it actually allocates money for different activities. Indian annual expenditure on education exceeds 1 lakh crore rupees if we consider public and private spends. Hence, the question is whether there are relatively smaller spends that can make these large spends much more effective. Six […]
Preparing our Children for the Future - EI blog
Judit Polgar is a chess grandmaster considered the strongest female chess player of all time. She became the world’s youngest grandmaster in 1991 when she was 15 years and 4 months old – beating the legendary Bobby Fischer’s record. She was also the youngest player ever be rated among top 100 players when she was […]
Dialect vs standard language acquisition and ed-tech solution - EI blog
Today is Anil’s first day at school. Most of his day is spent in trying to understand what the teacher is saying. He fails to understand some parts of the language spoken at school. This is not how they speak at home, although it is quite similar. Some of the words used by the teacher […]
Early Years Children Performance in Letter Recognition - EI blog
In the last two years, school education has been impacted worldwide. Although, learning was not ceased despite schools being shut; the percentage of children living in learning poverty has risen. Despite schools and teachers working hard to maintain full learning continuity through different mediums like online classes, WhatsApp, TV or phone, the ineffectiveness of remote …
TECHNOLOGY BASED INTERACTIVE LEARNING - EI blog
Technology in education has a great potential to improve the learning outcomes of students. However, the results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study[1] show no appreciable improvement in student achievement in the countries that had invested heavily in digital technology for education. According to PISA findings, students (15-year olds) who use computers …
Bringing Process Skills to Science Classrooms - EI blog
There is science all around us. Yet, understanding the whys and hows of various scientific processes (like why certain things sink while others float) is perhaps one of the most difficult tasks for a student to undertake (and therefore, for a teacher to facilitate!). Data (shared later in this discussion and as experienced by teachers) …
Young Learner’s Performance in Word Recognition - EI blog
Word reading or decoding is an important skill. Needless to say, reading comprises a complex assimilation of skills. It may look effortless when we see a proficient reader read, but reading proficiency requires systematic instructions. As per the Simple View of Reading, which is a scientific method, reading has two basic components: word recognition (decoding) and …
Using Student Skipped Responses to Detect if a Test Paper is too Long - EI blog
ASSET is a skill-based test that measures students’ conceptual understanding and benchmarks the performance of schools nationally with actionable insights and reports. Students get feedback on their areas of weakness, and teachers on concepts their students are not understanding. ASSET is offered in English, Mathematics and Science (for classes 3-10), Social Studies (for classes 5-9) …
How to Create a High-Quality CUET - EI blog
The article was originally published in Hindustan Times on 3rd October: Read the original article here The idea of a Common University Entrance Test (CUET) is inherently a good one. Since admissions to colleges test for similar subject proficiency, there is no need for multiple tests when one good test — conducted well — can …
The RESET - A true story of ASSET’s influence on a teacher - EI blog
By the year 2017, I had established myself as a full-time mathematics faculty in one of Hyderabad’s most prestigious schools. One day, the school announced the launch of a diagnostic test called ASSET, which was to be conducted for students on a voluntary basis. Since the CBSE’s CCE system was still in effect with quite …
Decimals Matter! - EI blog
At the 1984 Summer Olympics which was held in Los Angeles, U.S., P.T. Usha missed the bronze medal at the 400-metre hurdle race by only 0.01 seconds. A huge disappointment for the nation as the only chance of winning a medal in a track event was lost. As a young student I wondered the significance …
Can Kids Learn To Code Without Computers? - EI blog
“What is coding?” I asked the girls of Gurukulam Tribal Welfare School in Hyderabad. “Umm..something to do with computers?” a doubtful voice muttered from the corner. “It’s like a language” stated another. “Yes, it’s like a language that helps us talk to computers” they all agreed. “Yup, true” I replied, “it has something to do …
Using Research to Drive Instructional Design - EI blog
There is an urgent need for literacy instruction and activities to enable efficient learning, especially in young, disadvantaged learners. Why young learners? Research in literacy points to early learning as a pivotal phase in a learner’s journey. Gaps that build up due to various reasons during the early years are not easily bridged/mitigated as the …