Education

In her piece, Jo Chopra-McGowan reflects on failure from a ground that joins together the personal, the professional and the philosophical.

In their essay, Brajesh and Savita Sohit share experiences of running an inclusive educational institution for children who have suffered from marginalization and exclusion on multiple counts.

Sonika Parashar and Umashanker Periodi, in their essay, draw out learnings from a children’s literature festival, and discuss how such spaces can be crafted to become a site of learning for all the stakeholders in the K-12 ecosystem.

In their perceptive piece capturing field experiences from their organization’s work, Divya Singh and Ajit Kumar show how bridging the gaps between communities and children’s learning needs on the one hand, and the people and institutions of the governmental education system on the other, can still be a major area of work for education nonprofits.

Sheeshpal, Satish, Sheetal, Vedpal and Chirag, in their article, discuss their collaborative efforts with the government for promoting reading with comprehension with the aid of children’s literature.

In this interviews with groups working around issues of children’s literature and equity, we bring before you challenges in producing and sharing books and narratives that speak to the diverse childhoods in the country.