Soumya Sankar Ghosh
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India’s Vanishing Primary School | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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On 22 August 2026, Rajasthan supplied a disturbing reminder of what “school education” can still mean in India. The state government told the Legislative Assembly that 611 government schools were functioning without buildings of their own. The figure comes from UDISE+ 2025–26 information cited by the government (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/611-govt-schools-without-own-buildings-shows-assembly-data/articleshow/133429869.cms). It covers schools across levels, not primary school
On Independence Day, India Must Ask: Are All Its Languages Free? | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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Today, 15 August 2026, India celebrates its 80th Independence Day. As the Tricolour rises across the country, the celebration finds expression in Hindi, English, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and many other languages. India celebrates its freedom through many voices. It is this multilingual character of the nation that makes the continuing debate over language in our classrooms particularly significant. Over the past year, the question of Hindi has again created political t
India Is Learning to Teach Languages Orally. Will It Learn to Listen to Its Oral Languages? | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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On July 2, CBSE issued its R3 Language Assessment Framework for Class IX. One feature deserves attention: the framework follows an “Oral-First Pedagogy” and gives 40 marks to listening and speaking. These skills are to be assessed through activities conducted across the academic session. (https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Circulars/2026/46_Circular_2026.pdf) Pedagogically, this makes sense. Children listen before they read. They speak before they write. Language begins through interaction
India’s Foundational Literacy Target Year Has Arrived. What Have Children Actually Learned? | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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India has reached a decisive moment in its effort to ensure that every child learns to read, write and work confidently with numbers. When NIPUN Bharat was launched in July 2021, the promise was clear: every child would acquire foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of Grade 3 by 2026–27. The country has now entered that target year (https://www.pib.gov.in/pressreleasepage.aspx?lang=2&prid=1732830®=48). Yet the benchmark itself appears to have changed. In a Rajya Sabha reply issued on 29
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