Conversations

The second one, with sustainability practitioner P. S. Narayan, deals with larger questions about what it means to fail and succeed in the social sector. Both, independently, and when read together, may deepen our understanding of education and social action by showing us what is involved in intervening in a reflexive manner, and what it means to succeed and fail. Hope you find this issue of the journal of use, in thinking about this important aspect which we all must deal with.

This issue of the periodical also carries two interviews. The first one, with educationist Jane Sahi, discusses her experiences of being involved with the running of an alternative school in Karnataka for around four decades, which was eventually shut down.

In an interview with Samuhik Pahal, Rohit Dhankar, shares the more than three decades long journey of his organization in collaborating with governments for educational change. This conversation with him provides much needed insights on long-terms shifts in GO-NGO partnerships, and the complexities of the terrain to be navigated.

In this piece we talk to people working in the field of school leadership to gain insights into various leadership styles.

A conversation with Sonia Garcha demonstrates the need to go beyond digital literacy and ICTs while designing interventions in CS education for India’s classrooms, and why we need to keep both teachers’ agency and the perspective building of education leaders at the center of our work.

Dr Vijay Borges, Dr Chintan Vaishnav and Himanshu Gupta (IAS) share their experiences of leading governmental initiatives in the STEM/ICT/CS education space.