Vikramshila

The ‘Ground Zero’ piece shares the experiences of three organizations who are working in the space of early literacy with very different approaches.

In a free-wheeling conversation, Jane Sahi shares from four decades of her experiences of working with children and adults on language learning; she shows how recovering dignity for home languages, a sense of play, and self-expression, must all be a part of any intervention in foundational literacy.

This issue focuses on the theme of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE). It has been guest edited by our Kolkata-based partner organization, Vikramshila Education Resource Society. The pieces in this issue make the overall case for the importance of ECCE as an educational sub-domain and as an area of societal concern.

In his essay titled ‘Early childhood education in urban Anganwadis,’ Atul Gaikwad discusses how we can use the ICDS system effectively to cater to the educational needs of young children from marginalized social groups living in urban areas.

In her perceptive article, Neelima Gokhale discusses ways of understanding the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on children and their caregivers. In a brief opinion piece titled ‘Empowering CSOs and Schools,’ Dr Venita Kaul succinctly shows us ways of negotiating the relationship between research, policy and practice in ECCE.

In a brief opinion piece titled ‘Empowering CSOs and Schools,’ Dr Venita Kaul succinctly shows us ways of negotiating the relationship between research, policy and practice in ECCE.