Media articles

This is a page where I am trying to put up articles in media related to home schooling and alternative education in India. Please suggest any you come across.

The Times of India Pune 8 Sep 2010 by Neha Madaan
RTE: Homeschooling too is fine, says Sibal

The Times of India Pune 8 Sep 2010 by Neha Madaan
When staying at home DOES NOT MEAN SKIPPING EDUCATION

The Times Of India Mumbai 9 Aug 2010 by Anahita Mukherji
Zest for learning first, degree doesn’t matter

The Indian Express 25 July 2010 by Chinki Sinha
The School LEAVERS
A nine-year-old in Noida leaves her school to write a novel. A 19-year-old in Nashik takes a gap year before college to discover herself. Yet another is painting in Udaipur. In a land where ambitions can be carefully choreographed from playschool to postgraduation, a few students are shrugging their shoulders and becoming gappers

Times of India Crest 17 June 2010 by CP Surendran
Boy, interrupted – 14 year-old-Sahal Kaushik – He was home tutored as the family had to flit from one place to another

Indian Express 3 June 2010 by Chinki Sinha
We don’t need no education

Indian Express 31 May 2010 by Chinki Sinha
Plea dismissed, but homeschooling still a grey area

Rediff 28 May 2010
My feat no better than others: Youngest IIT topper

Hindustan Times 27 May 2010
Homeschooled 14-yr-old tops Delhi IIT entrance

Times of India 27 May 2010 by Neha Pushkarna
Delhi IIT-JEE topper is just 14 & homeschooled

India Today 16 May 2010 by Malini Bhupta
The De-school brigade

Times of India 15 Jan 2010 by Sruthy Susan Ullas
More Parents Opting For Homeschooling

India Today 12 August 2009 by Preetha Nair
No kidding we don’t go to school

Mid Day 16 July 2009 by Aastha Atray Banan/Shikha Shah
One size doesn’t fit all – Customised home-schooling is better than common curriculum for 40 kids, say some urban couples

Tehelka 18 Oct 2008 by Nisha Susan
Home Furnished – Religious, secular, competitive or plain unworldly, many parents are schooling kids at home

Live Mint 3 May 2008 by Sumana Mukherjee
Mother knows best – Fed up with conventional education, some parents decided to bring the classroom home