Author: Pratham Education Foundation

“आज जिस बच्चे का नाम कक्षा दो में लिखा है, वो कभी स्कूल गया ही नहीं है। जब स्कूल खुलेंगे, उसे किस पाठ्यक्रम, किस पाठ्यपुस्तक से पढ़ाएंगे? इन महत्वपूर्ण प्रशनों को लेके पढ़ें रुक्मिणी बनर्जी का कॉलम|

“High priority must now be given to guarantee that children in Grade 3 and beyond will also be reading fluently with understanding, and solving maths problems confidently in the months to come.” write our CEO Rukmini Banerji and Nobel-laureate Abhijit Banerjee, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).

The women’s hockey team put on an inspiring performance at this year’s Olympics! Every Indian felt proud and happy and also some people learned from it. In this Dainik Bhaskar article, Dr Rukmini Banerjee has mentioned some insightful learnings & how it can be adopted for the progress of education.

How do we address the problem of children being out of school for more than 18-months?
Dr Rukmini Banerji, CEO – Pratham, and Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director – Population Foundation of India (PFI) share well-crafted and thoughtful approaches to school reopening in India.

“India cannot afford to ignore the costs of prolonged school closure. Local innovation with parents as partners in the path forward.” – says, Dr. Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham and Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive of Centre for Policy Research (CPR).

कोई शहर, कोई गांव, मोहल्ला नहीं बचा होगा, जहां कोरोना महामारी ने अपने पैर न पसारे हों। हर परिवार ने घर या पड़ोस में, कोरोना के कहर को झेला है या देखा है।

  Dr. Rukmini Banerji was quoted in this Forbes India article that talks about the flip side of digital learning regarding children who have been unable to access the most basic forms of online education in this pandemic. Read the full article here