27% of Delhi students left out of midday meal in 2nd pandemic year: Centre

27% of Delhi students left out of midday meal in 2nd pandemic year: Centre

AMID A huge jump in the enrolment of students in government schools in the second pandemic year (2021-22), an estimated 4.88 lakh children — adding up to 27 per cent of the total enrolment — were left out of the midday meal scheme in Delhi “due to shortage of foodgrains”, according to a Union government […]

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An Express Investigation – Part 2 | Class 5A Topic: Mathematics

An Express Investigation – Part 2 | Class 5A Topic: Mathematics

“Close your eyes and think… is there any time of your day that mathematics is not around you?” The children shift in their seats, their impatient eyes dart behind their shut eyelids as they attempt to conjure up math images. Thus begin two months of an unprecedented assignment for Neha Sharma, class teacher of 5A […]

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A national math problem: how to teach Class 5 kids after 2 years lost

A national math problem: how to teach Class 5 kids after 2 years lost

Siddharth cannot subtract 13 from 21 because this entails borrowing. Keerti can do only simple division, so 59 divided by 7 is a struggle since she hasn’t understood the concept of a remainder. Harish’s climb is steeper: he cannot identify one-digit numbers, something he should have been able to do in pre-school. All three are […]

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