For some children, the anxiety of attending school is not a phase or a tactic. It is a clinical reality that is frequently misread as defiance or laziness — with consequences that can derail years of education. A contributing voice from school practice | Specialist in curriculum, pedagogy, and school leadership This essay addresses one […]
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 […]
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 […]
A child who arrives at school hungry does not have a behaviour problem or a motivation problem. She has a nutrition problem — and the evidence on what hunger does to the developing brain is as clear as any risk factor in education. Dr Anjali Menon | Paediatrician and school health researcher, based in Tamil […]
The school timetable is treated as a logistical document. It is also an expression of educational values — and in many Indian schools, the values expressed are not the ones anyone would consciously choose. A contributing voice from teacher education | Specialist in education equity, school improvement, and teacher professional development This essay addresses one […]
Vishal Jain
