India’s consensus on school education makes space for optimism

A remarkable convergence of views on this elementary matter of the country’s social and economic well-being offers us the common ground needed to do what must be done for education. Here’s what all parties largely agree on

Manipulatives for whole numbers: What to use, when and why?

Many teachers have questions about the manipulatives which are used to teach concepts associated with whole numbers such as place value, comparison, arithmetic operations, etc. This article is a comparative study of these manipulatives and addresses issues such as which manipulatives to use when and ho

Three-language formula: Chhattisgarh offers an education case study

The National Education Policy 2020 takes a wise approach to schooling in the context of languages used and fostered. If Hindi-speaking states fulfil the NEP’s potential, it’ll give a fillip to our diverse linguistic heritage and also improve education

What In-company Research Units Can Learn from Bell Labs

Most in-company research labs are interested in applied research, and short-to-medium-term results, and do not take moonshots. Their research is understandably focused on solutions for today’s problems. It is the universities that engage in research to solve the problems of tomorrow. An honourable exception to this was Bell Labs

Why are antivenoms not easily accessible in India?

A landmark 2020 study by researchers from Canada, India, and the U.K. estimated that between 2001 and 2014, a staggering 1.2 million snakebite deaths and three-times as many cases of disability occurred in Indi

Making women’s work count, in real time

Quantitative summaries of how women spend their time are helping make gendered, unpaid labour and care work visible

Anno's magic seeds: A review of the story from the perspective of use in the mathematics classroom

Anno's Magic Seeds is a children's story book written in 1992 by Mitsumasa Anno (1926-2020), a mathematics teacher and famous children's book author and illustrator from Japan. He was a trained primary school teacher and a self-taught artist who illustrated more than 300 children’s books. His training and keen interest in Mathematics reflects both in the narrative as well the illustrations of the story Anno's Magic seeds. It makes reading this story a fascinating mathematical experience and engagement (for both children and adults)