India's school crisis: The bad news is not new, but it’s really bad

This year’s Annual State of Education Report needs to be greeted with more than the usual worried nod. The bad news is not new, but it’s really bad. We were in rural Uttar Pradesh recently, visiting a programme that Pratham was running.  When we walked into a school, we saw a group of teachers sitting on the verandah, enjoying the mild November sun; the head invited us to sit with them. “No classes today?” No. The Pratham people are here.

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