Eklavya

In ‘The Dilemmas of NGOs Today: Reflecting from Eklavya’s Experience,’ Arvind Sardana examines the traditional role of NGOs in fostering a culture of experimentation and dialogue in the education space. He shows how market-oriented reforms by governments are shrinking the space for such work in the present times.

For this issue of ‘Samuhik Pahal’ Bookworm Goa has curated a list of six relevant books on the theme of going to school.

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.

In this issue, we also carry an interview with Eklavya, an organization that has been experimenting with plural ideas and practices of learning centers for more than two decades. It has used its experiences in these spaces for building deep engagements with the communities and people it works with, for improving learning-related processes in governmental schools, and in developing its grounded thinking about democratic education.

In this issue, Discover a wealth of educational resources, including worksheets, books, and art materials, from platforms like Teacher Plus, Eklavya, Ektara, Art Sparks, and global resources such as the Global Digital Library and OpenStax.

Aaloka Kanhere in her essay on teaching and learning of algebra shares some methods and tasks through which we can encourage the development of algebraic thinking in children.