ASER Report 2022: Learning, Infrastructure, Covid & the Government | In conversation with Dr Sunil Kaul from the ant | InfoSphere X InterLinked

Interviewed by: Bilquis Calcuttawala We begin our discussion with the team by providing an overview of the ASER report 2022. We go on to tackle questions about learning and reading ability (as discussed in the report), and then delve deeper into the infrastructure facility, or more so the lack thereof and how this affects the quality of education received. Additionally, we talk about some of the projects the ant has undertaken to improve the situation in Assam, some of them include Project LEAP, Shiksha, Dolphin, amongst several others. Finally, we end our conversation with policy considerations that the government must come up with to handle the situation at hand better. Dr. Sunil Kaul, Founder Trustee who is currently the Managing Trustee, formerly the CEO based in the ant’s campus in Rowmari, is a public health doctor who has consulted on malaria, T.B , Maternal and Child Health and other public health issues with national & international agencies; has over 10 years experience in the Army as a medical doctor and associated with Development Sector for over 25 years. Image source: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2020/05/14/covid-19-in-india-education-disrupted-and-lessons-learned/