Anoop Bishnoi - Entrepreneur - Promoter at Bisco Ltd

The education of adolescent girls is a major concern around the world. For far too long, millions of girls have been denied the right to education simply because they are female. Despite significant progress in closing the gender gap in primary education, significant barriers to adolescent girls’ education and empowerment still remain. The developing world’s adolescent girls are at the center of today’s global learning crisis. Globally, 600 million adolescent girls continue to face significant obstacles in gaining access to their right to education, while 130 million girls remain out of school. These are staggering figures that represent missed opportunities and broken dreams. Adolescence is a critical transitional period in a girl’s life as she approaches adulthood. According to Anoop Singh Bishnoi , “Adolescence magnifies the gender gap and entrenches norms that disproportionately create negative experiences for girls.” Many parts of the developing world, including India, have cult

Many young people in India drop out of school after the primary level. Although providing good education to young people is an important goal for all countries, India is struggling to meet this goal. Some of the obstacles stem from insufficient resources allocated to educational systems by the country’s central and state governments. Furthermore, the resources expended by the government, parents, and students themselves are not being used effectively to achieve the best possible results. Here's what Anoop Bishnoi , Chairman of The Doon School, Dehradun, thinks is missing from India’s education system. He said, “Education leaders, families, teachers, and students, all have a very different idea about the purpose of their school system. Any attempt at transformation will fail unless there is a broadly shared vision within and outside of the education system. We must concentrate more on what students are expected to learn rather than how that content is delivered, and we must pay spec

In a country like India, where income and social inequalities abound, discussing multiple realities is especially important. We have one of the highest levels of inequality in the world, with the top 10% of Indians accounting for 55% of national income. Young urban Indians need to understand where they live, who grows their food, where their water and electricity come from, and who constructs the roads and buildings they use every day. They must see and question why everyone does not have the same access to healthcare, education, and employment opportunities that they do. But, in order for our youth to begin to question, we must first provide them with the tools of information and empathy. It's not as if the curriculum ignores these concerns. A quick glance through a national board’s syllabus reveals words like ‘poverty,’ ‘national income,’ ‘labour,’ and more. These ideas are explained in textbooks, and projects are suggested to help students remember what they’ve learned. In pra

Education is heavily reliant on government-run/aided schools and non-governmental organizations for the vast majority of the rural population. However, rural areas continue to face a number of challenges that have a direct impact on the country’s literacy rate. To begin with, low incomes cause education to take a back seat. Parents frequently regard education as a cost rather than an investment. They would prefer that their children work and earn money. When it comes to higher education, the lack of good institutes nearby forces students to consider moving to cities, which increases their expenses. As a result, enrollment rates are low and dropout rates are high. In a recent conversation with Anoop Bishnoi , Chairman of The Doon School, Dehradun, he shared his opinions about this and stressed on why rural education in India needs a comprehensive digital boost. He said, “The problem with rural education is that children have rarely seen adults who studied hard and succeeded, due to wh

In comparison to last year, the overall allocation for the education sector in the Union Budget 2023 has increased by around 8.3% to Rs 1.13 lakh crore. The Union Budget 2023-24, which places a strong emphasis on digitization and upskilling, appears to have overlooked several aspects that are thought to be critical to the growth of the education industry. Even though the budget for school education has increased by 16.51% to 68,804.85 crore in 2023, the ed-tech sector, which boosted learning during the pandemic has been completely ignored this year. “The lack of education technology in the Union Budget is a missed opportunity. Emerging technologies such as Ametaverse, augmented reality, and virtual reality (VR) have the potential to revolutionize education when used by ed-techs. By including the sector in the budget, the government would have demonstrated its commitment to providing students with access to cutting-edge technology.” Anoop Singh Bishnoi , Chairman of The Doon School, Deh

The digital age’s explosion of career options has made it exciting, but also difficult for India’s 12 million secondary school graduates and 37 million university students to choose between new career pathways and vocations. Choosing a career was not as difficult and complex two decades ago and now, following the Covid-19 pandemic’s popularization of WFH (work from home) and gig employment, a slew of futuristic professional and vocational options have emerged. Despite the fact that there is a career choice bonanza in the twenty-first century, there is little awareness of new-age fast-track professions among Indian parents and school/college leavers. Here’s what Anoop Singh Bishnoi , Chairman of The Doon School, Dehradun, has to say about it, “Though Indian parents and students are becoming aware that there are numerous career options available these days, the majority of them are unaware of the educational qualifications required, as well as the growth and rapid advancement prospects

In India, how many policymakers, curriculum planners and developers, educators, and teachers have heard of “climate change education” (CCE)? How many of them can discuss its significance or believe it is necessary to include CCE in the school curriculum? The answer is, very few. India ranked last among 180 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022, which measures countries’ environmental health and sustainability. Is it bothering us in any way? No, we have been unaffected by such reports because we believe that climate change is not our concern and nor do our television networks consider the climate crisis to be a topic worth reporting. As a result, our educational system places insufficient emphasis on climate change education and lacks a climate change curriculum; but how urgent is it to discuss climate action in classrooms? In a recent conversation with Anoop Singh Bishnoi , he expressed his concerns and said, “Unfortunately, India does not

School-aged children enjoy using the internet to watch videos, play games and communicate with friends and family. They could be using the internet for schoolwork and homework as well. But because school children are becoming more independent online and may go online unsupervised, they face more internet safety risks than younger children. Here's what Anoop Bishnoi , Chairman of The Doon School, Dehradun, suggests we can do to teach kids how to be safe online. He said, “Inform your children that digital devices require special consideration. One approach is to make it a must that kids should always ask before going online or using a device, just as they would before walking over to a neighbor's house. A simple step like this can make a child aware of what they're doing; Create a schedule so that kids use their devices during times when you can provide the most oversight. One thing that many children don't realize about the online world is that it isn't private — tha

In India, poor quality education is the leading cause behind poor learning outcomes, eventually pushing children out of the educational system and leaving them vulnerable to child labor, abuse, and violence. Many classrooms still feature teacher-centered rote learning, corporal punishment, and discrimination. Here’s what Anoop Singh Bishnoi , a well-known entrepreneur, and educationist, has to say about this, “We must all agree that the pandemic did not cause the global learning crisis; it existed before the pandemic, COVID-19 just exacerbated it. Under-resourced schools, underpaid and under-qualified teachers, overcrowded classrooms, and antiquated curricula are jeopardizing our children’s ability to achieve their full potential. Our educational systems’ trajectory is, by definition, the trajectory of our future. We must reverse current trends or face the consequences of not educating an entire generation. Today’s lack of learning means fewer opportunities tomorrow. A priority is to e