Benjamin Scholz
New Education Policy - What is in it for Bihar’s government schools?
The New Education Policy has finally received the nod of the cabinet and has been made available in both English and Hindi on the MHRD...
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Benjamin Scholz
- May 27, 2020
- 2 min
Atlas of ICT access for government school students in India
With new announcements made by the Government regarding the use of distance education, it is worth to take a closer look at whether...
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Benjamin Scholz
- May 16, 2020
- 10 min
Re-opening Bihar’s schools: When and how should it happen?
Disclaimer: We summarize the available evidence to the best of our knowledge. Yet, we always recommend to read the original studies. If...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
लॉकडाउन 2.0: बच्चों की सुरक्षा हेतु बिहार को क्या ज़रूरी क़दम उठाने चाहिए
कोविड-19 महामारी के मद्देनज़र बिहार शिक्षा नीति संस्थान (ईपीआईबी) ने एक त्वरित शोध टीम का गठन किया है जिसमें शामिल हमारे प्रोजेक्ट मैनेजर...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Apr 21, 2020
- 4 min
Financing schools in times of pandemics
With the lockdown hitting the economy hard, revenues of the Central and State governments are falling rapidly while money is needed to...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Apr 16, 2020
- 3 min
Lockdown 2.0: What Bihar must do now to safeguard its children
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, EPIB has set up a rapid research team consisting of our project manager Abhishek Anand contributing...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Mar 24, 2020
- 7 min
#COVID-19: Learning in times of pandemics
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, EPIB has set up a rapid research team consisting of our project manager Abhishek Anand contributing...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Mar 22, 2020
- 3 min
#COVID-19: How are States ensuring midday meals?
With the Covid-19 virus causing schools throughout India to shut down and with no relief in sight anytime soon, the Supreme Court has...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Feb 7, 2020
- 1 min
Vacancy: Project Manager
We are looking for a project manager (paid/full-time) at our Patna office. Details and how to apply can be found here. Last date for...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Aug 29, 2019
- 1 min
Name Change!
The Bihar Education Policy Center is now called Education Policy Institute of Bihar - बिहार शिक्षा नीति संस्थान. The reason is that the...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Aug 20, 2019
- 3 min
NISHTHA: A skewed understanding of how to build organizational capacity
A comment by our advisory board member Martin Haus - Disclaimer: This does not necessarily represent the stance of the Bihar Education...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Jul 15, 2019
- 4 min
UN Human Rights Council strengthens public education - a landmark decision supported by BEPC
(Geneva/Patna, 15 July 2019) The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) unanimously adopted last Thursday a new resolution on the...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Jun 18, 2019
- 4 min
#NEP: School Governance
We propose significant changes to the administrative reforms suggested in the draft document of the New Education Policy: simplify and...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Jan 24, 2019
- 4 min
The World Bank’s Global Education Policy Dashboard – a declaration of war against reality
An opinion piece by our advisory board member Martin Haus The World Bank, with support by the UK’s Department for International...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Nov 24, 2018
- 5 min
नीतिअनुशंसा: स्कूल अनुदान राशि की भुलभुलैया: कैसे सुनिश्चित हो पारदर्शिता, जवाबदेही और शिकायत निवारण
हमारी पहली नीति अनुशंसा में, हम एक महत्वपूर्ण विषय का विश्लेषण करने जा रहे हैं: पैसा। सरकारी स्कूल नई केंद्रीय योजना समग्र शिक्षा अभियान ...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Nov 5, 2018
- 7 min
#BiharDebates: बिहार के स्कूलों का भविष्य -शिक्षा व्यवस्था के संकट से उभरने का भावी विकल्प?
21 वीं सदी के बिहार को स्कूल शिक्षा प्रणाली किस प्रकार की शिक्षा प्रदान करने में सक्षम होना चाहिए? वर्तमान में इसकी स्थिति क्या है? और...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Oct 23, 2018
- 2 min
New resource: #PDIAtoolkit
You might have read on our website that we use something called Problem-Driven Iterative Adaption (PDIA) for our deep systemic change...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Oct 21, 2018
- 6 min
#BiharDebates: The Future of Bihar’s Schools – Which way to go?
What must an education system be able to deliver for a Bihar of the 21st century? Where are we at currently? And how do we get from where...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Sep 26, 2018
- 4 min
Policy Recommendation: Opening the Blackbox of School Funds
In our first policy recommendation, we are looking into an important topic: money. Governmental schools are entitled to receive an annual...
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Benjamin Scholz
- Sep 21, 2018
- 2 min
New free eBook: The Politics and Governance of Basic Education
A new eBook by Brian Levy, Robert Cameron, Ursula Hoadley, and Vinothan Naidoo is taking a look into the puzzle of politics and...
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