This blog was originally posted on the UNICEF blog website and can be found here: https://blogs.unicef.org/evidence-for-action/how-can-assessment-foster-learning-as-schools-reopen/ During COVID-19 related school closures, at least 463 million children had no access to remote learning (digital or TV/Radio). This crisis not only affects overall learning levels, but increases gaps, with the learning of children from disadvantaged households more…
Read MoreDuring my six months interning with the Program Management Group, I had the opportunity to work with just a few of the smart, passionate and inspiring people who make Pratham the organization it is. While I got to explore many aspects of what PMG does, I mainly worked on research and evaluation components of Pratham’s…
Read MoreOriginally Published : NCAER, 2020 Introduction Starting with Rabindra Nath Tagore’s quote from Gitanjali, “We have no time to lose, and having no time we must scramble for a chance.” The NCAER report- “Skilling India” offers insights into the skilling challenge faced by India. Policy makers in India face this three- fold challenge of creation…
Read MoreOriginally published: United Nations (2020) Introduction In the time of COVID-19 pandemic, UN’s latest report titled The World’s Women 2020 exhaustively covers the latest trends and statistics that aim to reveal the state of gender equality all over the world. It categorises its findings into 100 distinct data stories that are represented on an interactive…
Read MoreOriginally published: International Labour Organisation (2020) Introduction In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, International Labour Organization, World Bank and UNESCO report titled “Skills development in the time of COVID-19” earnestly covers how COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted technical and vocational education and training (TVET). The report is based on the findings of the survey developed…
Read MoreOriginally published: International Labour Organisation (ILO) Introduction Global Wage Report 2020-21 produced by International Labour Organization (ILO) gives insights into employment, wages and minimum wages in the time of COVID-19 across the globe. The issue as per their observations is that the social partners of the workers especially with lower education and from poor and…
Read MoreOriginally published: Aziz Premji University Introduction This report documents the impact of one year of Covid-19 in India, on jobs, incomes, inequality, and poverty. It also examines the effectiveness of policy measures that have thus far been undertaken to offer relief and support. Finally, it offers some policy suggestions for the near and medium-term future.…
Read MoreOriginally published : World Economic Forum (2020) Introduction With the advent of the Fourth Revolution and technology driving the nature of jobs, the World Economic Forum measures the impact of the health shock caused by the pandemic in The Future of Jobs Report 2020. It contextualizes the functioning of business cycles in the past and…
Read MoreOriginally published: ORF (2020) Introduction The current report explores the job, skills, education, and aspiration challenges in India utilising data from the reports “The Future of Work in India: Inclusion, Growth and Transformation” (based on findings from a survey of 774 enterprises across India, ranging from micro-sized companies to firms employing 25,000 workers from four…
Read MoreIntroduction Carried out from 23rd August 2020 to 8th September 2020, during Unlock 3.0, the third phase of the government’s phase-wise reopening of the post coronavirus lockdown, the survey, carried across 23 states and five Union Territories, assesses the impact of COVID-19 and the lockdown workers of the informal sector. Interviewing over 16,900 workers in…
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