Classroom drama is one of the best-evidenced and least-used pedagogical tools in school education. The research on what it does for language development, empathy, and engagement is compelling — and it costs almost nothing. A contributing voice from child development | Specialist in curriculum, pedagogy, and school leadership This essay addresses one of the most […]
Music has been on the school curriculum in India for decades. It has rarely been staffed, funded, or taken seriously. The research on what high-quality music education does for all children makes this neglect particularly costly. A contributing voice from school practice | Specialist in child development, wellbeing, and community engagement This essay addresses one […]
Most Indian schools manage their relationships with parents rather than building them. The research on what happens when schools genuinely engage communities — particularly the most marginalised — is consistently positive and rarely replicated. A contributing voice from child development | Specialist in child development, wellbeing, and community engagement This essay addresses one of the […]
Children who feel they belong in their school — who feel known, safe, and valued — learn more, stay longer, and develop more fully. The conditions that produce belonging are specific and teachable. A contributing voice from educational research | Specialist in child development, wellbeing, and community engagement This essay addresses one of the most […]
In the relentless pressure to improve examination scores, physical education and free play are treated as luxuries. The science of child development says something entirely different. Dr Kavitha Subramaniam | Child development researcher specialising in physical activity and cognition This is one of the under-discussed but important challenges in Indian school education. Research and policy […]
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 […]
India has a legal and policy framework for inclusive education that is among the most ambitious in the world. What happens to a child with a disability on a typical Monday morning is another story. Arjun Venkataraman | Special education consultant and inclusion researcher This is one of the under-discussed but important challenges in Indian […]
India has hundreds of home languages. Its schools teach in a fraction of them. The gap between what a child speaks at home and what the teacher speaks at school is one of education’s most underestimated harms. Prof. Suhasini Bhattacharya | Applied linguist and teacher educator, specialising in multilingual classrooms When a four-year-old from a […]
Millions of children follow their parents across state lines every year to brick kilns, sugar-cane fields, and construction sites. When they arrive, the school system has no record of them — and when they leave, it has no memory of them either. Dr Meenakshi Rajan | Researcher in child rights and mobile populations, based in […]
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Vishal Jain
