Education in Times of COVID-19: Strengthening Parental Engagement in Early Childhood Education
Insights on the teachers and schools in Maharashtra who received support to leverage the potential of technology during the pandemic—and those who did not—may prove critical to reforming ECE as schools reopen across the country
This opinion was published in The Bastion on November 11, 2021.
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Pooja Pandey was a Senior Resident Fellow working with the education team. She has completed her post graduation in Development (with a specialization in law, policy and governance) from Azim Premji University, Bangalore. She has earlier worked with Participatory Research in Asia as the India coordinator for UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research(CBR) and Social Responsibility of Higher Education. She has led and managed the overall coordination of 20 global Knowledge for Change (K4C) hubs across 14 countries to develop capacities on CBR and participatory research methodologies. She has managed the India based research and dissemination operations of the RRING project, funded by the EU and she also assisted the drafting and launch of the National Framework of Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan 2.0 under University Grants Commission(UGC). Her area of interest includes education governance, identity, and participatory research methodologies.
Consultant - Research and Evaluation, The Akanksha Foundation
