How Schools Can Make Up For Learning Loss When They Reopen: Lessons From A UP Study

The Indian education system has historically underperformed in terms of student learning outcomes. Learning outcomes, especially for students in primary schooling, have been dealt a severe blow as schools shut down consequent to the lockdown. IndiaSpend reports on a study which shows how a focus on foundational skills such as basic arithmetic and reading skills can help students make up for the learning loss when schools reopen.

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The One Covid-19 Lockdown Success Story From India No One Is Talking About

Swarajya argues that one of the unsung achievements, amidst the pandemic, is the government’s “impeccable efficiency” in making food grains available through the PDS system. It did this by rationalising the beneficiary list, expanding the system to cover almost 80 crore people from the earlier 56, and ensuring that 84 per cent of the food grains reached the intended beneficiaries. And what helped make this happen? - the much-maligned Aadhaar ecosystem.

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Understanding How The COVID-19 Crisis Impacted Girls’ Education In India

The pandemic has not only been a health challenge but equally a social catastrophe as it has disrupted the already fragile immunities for girls and women, especially in schooling. Burdened with household chores and denied digital access, the girls in India are the unwitting victims of the shift to the online mode of teaching and learning that the lockdown has engendered, Feminism In India reports.

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पन्ना: आंबला-मुरब्बा के व्यापार से सेहत के साथ मिल रहे रोजगार के अवसर

Khabar Lahariya brings you the initiative by Bhagwati Yadav from Vishramganj in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, who is empowering other women to earn a livelihood by making and selling products made from Indian gooseberry, Amla. Following the COVID-19 surge and the increase in demand for ‘health products’, the self-help group has seen their sales soar.

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COVID-19: Priests, Public Want Tirumala Temple Closed, TTD Refuses

Opening up of places of worship during COVID-19 has become increasingly politicised. The Lede reports on the case of the Lord Balaji temple in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, where the governing body of the temple chose to keep the temple open despite stiff opposition from the public, the priests, and political parties. This despite, 180 staff members of the temple administration testing positive for COVID-19 and surging cases in the temple town.

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