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00.03.00 - Explaining school choice to the layman.
00:06:50 - What would a parent need to do to benefit from school choice?
00:09:55 - What are the policy changes that would be required to implement school choice?
00:12:30 - On the scarcity of schools and difficulty in finding land for new schools especially in urban areas.
00:14:43 - On the incentives for setting up new schools
00:17.39 - On the freedom for schools to pick or choose the students they want to admit, social stratification in schools and fostering social mixing
00:27:04 - On how to help parents make informed choices when selecting schools for their children
00:33:39 - On dealing with switching costs for changing schools and the long time it takes to get feedback on the value added by a school.
00:36:42 - Different school choice models
00:42:15 - The Charter School Model and its Indian variant
00:43:50 - How has School Choice worked in other countries?
00:47:56 - The prospects of implementing school choice in India and the receptivity for the idea of school choice.
00:54:52 - On the role of grassroots political demand for improving education in India
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In the first episode of the Education in India podcast, Subir Shukla, Principal Co-ordinator at IGNUS-ERG, talks about a wide range of topics relating to education in India. Subir has worked for over 25 years in school education in India in the areas of quality improvement, curriculum and textbook development and teacher training, amongst many other things.
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This chat with Subir covers some of the important projects and programmes in education in India over the past 20-30 years. The topics covered in this podcast are outlined below. The time location of each broad topic within the audio podcast is mentioned below, for those who may want to jump to a specific point in the podcast.
00:00:40 - Subir tells us a bit about his background and the work he has done in education.
00:01:30 - Why and how he chose to work in the area of education?
00:08:10 - His time as the Chief Consultant to the Govt of India on Quality Improvement and Teacher Training under the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP).
00:22:15 - The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
The thinking behind launching SSA, after the DPEP.
00:24:28 - Teacher Training
00:28:12 - How the philosophy of teaching and learning has changed in India over the years
Three broad stages: content-driven, objectives-driven, and process-driven teaching and learning.
00:47:06 - The National Curricular Framework 2005 (NCF)
00:54:31 - Age-appropriate curricula vs overambitious curricula
Why children are often being compelled to learn things they can't really understand at their age.
00:57:26 - National level surveys of learning levels in India
00:58:35 - The value of Pratham's Annual Survey of Education Reports (ASER)
01:04:20 - Teacher Accountability
Teachers themselves should be enabled to monitor the learning levels in their classes
01:08:35 - The relevance of PISA tests in India
Why PISA tests may not be relevant for India at this time.