Gullak Dialogue

India is home to over One Million Public Schools and more than 130 million students who attend these schools. While the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023 and New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 call for entrepreneurship and innovation,structured entrepreneurship activities remain largely absent in most public schools.School students hold immense potential as...

India’s silent crisis: why student mental health must be a national priority

By Vemana Vijaya Naga Durganjali The year 2025 is significant for India as it celebrates 78 years of independence, marking an important milestone for our education system.With a staggering 248 million children enrolled in schools, we have the largest school-going population in the world. But along with this achievement comes a profound responsibility: the...

The State of Tribal Education in India: Challenges, Initiatives, and Progress

By Mehak Aulakh Purnima Huika, 16, from the Dongria Kondh tribe … “the mountain is God’s abode.” There was no school near home, so she enrolled in an Ashram. Her parents resisted at first, until they were promised food rations. “Slowly,” she said, “I started to like that environment.” Eventually she and thirteen others...

Safe & Effective Integration of AI in Classroom Practice

By Aanya Kapoor Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gradually becoming a part of Indian classrooms. The challenge today is not whether you should adopt AI in your school but how to implement it safely and effectively. AI in education must improve learning without compromising student privacy, cultural relevance, or teacher authority. For principals, school owners,...

From IT Giant to AI Nation : India’s Leap into Smart Learning

By Kuber Shri Shukla From a struggling economy facing severe fiscal deficits just before the famous LPG (liberalization, privatization and globalization) reforms of 1991, to becoming the fourth largest economy in the world, the story of India has come a long way. In this journey India’s IT sector, with an estimated market size of...