Education

In many low income group families, only one parent has a smartphone. Children don’t have access to it until evening. So, BMC started night classes.

Here are experiences of three young adults, from different areas of Mumbai, which highlight the layered challenges of online education faced by young girls since the onset of the pandemic.

If you are a parent hunting for ideas to keep your child engaged during the lockdown, consider introducing them to the city’s local histories through children’s books.  Several authors and illustrators have dipped into Mumbai’s

Will Maharashtra government provide relief to the parents who cannot pay school fees?

How a teaching assignment brought me to Mumbai, making the city my home.

When BMC found that its schools might not have any students left by the year 2028, it started ICSE and CBSE syllabus. Here’s the response.

Schools that are not recognised by the government might put the students at risk. But lakhs of students in Mumbai have no choice.

Teenagers in this Kurla neighbourhood learn English and hope to achieve upward social mobility

The “Kabhi haan, Kabhi naa” mindset of the authorities has plagued several students into pits of doubt and despair for the last six months.

In their zeal to keep their shops running and to justify the fee structure, schools are going out of their way to make life hell for children and the teachers. Is this at all necessary?

This year, when schools are holding classes online, it is the best opportunity to teach students life skills and take the emphasis away from marks-based learning.

In the wake of successive lockdowns forced by the pandemic, state education department, teachers and NGOs are devising innovative ways to help students without smartphone and Internet access continue their education.