Education

This article by Nidesh Soni argues that mathematics education should move beyond one-way teaching toward facilitative, dialogic learning. Drawing on real-life examples, it shows how mathematics can become meaningful, critical, and socially relevant for children, fostering deeper understanding, inquiry, and problem-solving abilities. 

This article describes Jeevan Shiksha Pahal, an alternative school run by Muskaan for children from marginalized communities in Bhopal. It highlights how flexible learning, multilingual classrooms, community participation, respectful teacher–child relationships, and connections between education and children’s lived experiences can help create an inclusive and meaningful learning environment.

The ‘Ground Zero’ piece captures experiences of organizations across the country, that are working in visual arts education, with objectives as diverse as developing 21st-century learning and life skills in children, creating safe spaces for them, and fostering their holistic growth and development.

The ‘Ground Zero’ piece tries to learn from organizations across the country that are innovating in the field of social sciences curriculum and pedagogy, and in the process, are building linkages between these subjects, the larger community, and their own organization practices.

This article highlights the importance of sustained, teacher-centred professional development and deep state–civil society partnerships to strengthen education systems. It also emphasizes teacher well-being, agency, and continuous learning as foundations for meaningful change.

The ‘Ground Zero’ piece highlights how organizations of many different kinds across the country are trying to democratize the space of education through the learning centers that they run.