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When the Cleaner Does Not Come: Sanitation, Hygiene, and the Lesson Children Are Really Learning

A school with a toilet that nobody maintains teaches its students something very specific about what they are worth. The state of a school’s sanitation facilities is a moral and pedagogical question, not only an infrastructure one. Ranjini Krishnaswamy  |  WASH researcher and school health consultant This is one of the under-discussed but important challenges […]

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What the Eye Chart Misses: The Case for Better Vision and Hearing Screening in Indian Schools

An unknown but significant number of children in Indian classrooms cannot see the blackboard or hear the teacher clearly. They are not diagnosed. They adapt — by sitting quietly, by copying from classmates. Eventually, many stop coming. Dr Rajeev Pillai  |  Public health ophthalmologist with experience in school health programmes This is one of the […]

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