SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Tue, 10/04/2022 - 15:41 5 Min Read

Established in 2020, the Science & Technology (S&T) Policy vertical at the Centre for Civil Society is dedicated to driving transformative change in the field of science and technology through policy research, stakeholder engagement and outreach.

Mission 

BOLO ENGLISH
Tue, 10/04/2022 - 13:26 5 Min Read
Bolo English Awards 2024: Celebrating Educational Excellence

The Centre for Civil Society has been running project Bolo English to promote the knowledge of the English language and speaking ability among students enrolled in low-cost private schools in India as this unfolds economic opportunities and accelerates social mobility.

Delhi Voucher Pilot
Tue, 10/04/2022 - 12:49 5 Min Read

We launched India's first School Voucher Project in Delhi on 28 March 2007 as part of our School Choice Campaign. To demonstrate the power of school choice, we awarded school vouchers worth up to INR 3600 per year to 408 students in 68 wards of Delhi.

Research Management in India
30 Sep 2022 1 Min Read

Very few STEM research institutions in India have dedicated assistance mechanisms for efficient management of their research projects. The field of Research Management (RM) has emerged as a tool to create an enabling research environment in this context.

 

Research Management in India

Enabling Research Through Research Management
25 Aug 2022 1 Min Read

“Enabling Research through Research Management: The Case of India” is a timely report produced by the Centre for Civil Society (CCS) in conjunction with the Manipal Foundation. It addresses some important questions about research management support available at institutions for researchers in India.

ViewPoint 8: Private Schools Serving the Poor
23 Aug 2022 1 Min Read

A working paper based on a study from Delhi on the importance of private schools in reaching the poor and satisfying their educational needs.

Author / Edited by:
James Tooley and Pauline Dixon

ViewPoint 10: Reservation in Private Schools under the Right to Education Act: Model for Implementation
23 Aug 2022 1 Min Read

A comprehensive analysis highlighting the lacunae in the current framework for 25% reservation for weaker and disadvantaged groups in unaided private schools, and providing inputs on effective implementation of the same.

Author / Edited by:
Shekhar Mittal and Parth J Shah

ViewPoint 10.1: Reservation in Private Schools under the Right to Education Act: Model for Implementation
23 Aug 2022 1 Min Read

A comprehensive analysis of the reservation in private schools under the Right to Education Act, providing a seven-step model for 25% implementation.

Author / Edited by:
Shekhar Mittal and Parth J Shah

Viewpoint 13: RTE and Budget Private Schools: What would Gandhi think?
23 Aug 2022 1 Min Read

James Tooley's research is a journey into the history of Indian education, drawing comparisons between the shutting down of indigenous schools then, on Macaulay's recommendations, and the closure of budget private schools today under the RTE, for being “not good enough”. He explores the well-intentioned policies, and their faulty premises - that people cannot be trusted to make judgements about what is better or worse for their own children; and suggests that we take a leaf out of Gandhi’s book and resist the closures, to win our educational independence.

School Vouchers : Direct Benefit Transfers in Education
21 Aug 2022 1 Min Read

The Indian education system is riddled with multiple challenges, especially with respect to financing and delivery. Centre for Civil Society proposes School Choice in education, i.e. public funds should follow students and not schools. This would enable competition among schools to attract students and funds, thereby requiring schools to be more responsive to students' needs. The monograph on School Vouchers: Direct Benefit Transfers in Education gives an overview of the challenges in this space and argues for the suitability of Direct Benefit Transfers (DBT) to Indian education.

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