Using Independent, Empanelled Tests to Monitor and Improve the Performance of Schools
The article appeared in Education Times on 30th November 2020 Technology plays a pivotal role in education, as it ushers in achieving significant improvements in both the teaching and learning process. Today, there are innovative techniques that combine classrooms with digital learning tools that help in increasing the student’s engagement through a personalised learning approach. Artificial…
Introduction This article aims to analyse how students respond to conceptual word problems in mathematics. The questions were solved by children on Mindspark, an online learning product created by Educational Initiatives Pvt. Ltd. Data recorded includes student responses (by grade), time taken to answer the question and percentage of students answering the questions correctly. Correlations…
The article appeared in India Today on December 1, 2020. https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/story/5-innovative-ways-of-teaching-online-to-engage-students-better-1745707-2020-12-01 The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a lot of unprecedented changes in the world. Many educational institutions, including students and teachers had to adapt to remote learning which posed many challenges, especially for the teachers, who have been striving to provide…
How this edtech startup is democratising education in over 19 countries
Interactions with parents of children who go to government schools show that they are keen to ensure their children do well in life. A part of it seems to be a feeling that ‘my children should do better than me’. Towards this end, parents try to help their children in many ways. We asked our…
We asked our guests of EI Dialogues on what they thought were the post-pandemic opportunities in education and what was their best piece of advice on how to make it happen. One of the themes that emerged was the increased interest and opportunity to build the capacity of our school teachers. Teacher capacity building requires…
Education technology has seen greater adoption than ever before catalysed by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers are recording lessons, sharing inputs over phone calls, states are using TV networks, there is use of community radios and many other innovations. Personalised digital learning has seen a surge among households that have access to smartphones…
Rethinking Education: Post Pandemic Opportunities from Education Leaders
Social and Emotional Learning: Post Pandemic Opportunities from Education Leaders