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How can we better educate our children?

Shikha Institute is a research and development laboratory that builds frameworks, invents products, designs systems and works with institutions to strengthen education across the Global South.

Two Shikha Academy students carrying out a hands-on science investigation

Focus Areas

Our work covers all aspects of the education system because only if every part of the system aligns and improves together can any reform be impactful and sustainable.

  • Learning Science

    How children develop understanding, transfer knowledge, build human capabilities and become increasingly independent learners.

    A student using a microscope during a science investigation
  • Instructional Design

    How learning goals, curriculum, pedagogy and assessment can work together as a coherent instructional system.

    Young students collaborating on a drawing and design activity
  • Technology and AI

    How technology can extend human judgement and make educational expertise more accessible without weakening human agency.

    Students collaborating on a technology and robotics project
  • Educator Development

    How teachers and school leaders build expertise through evidence, practice, feedback and reflection.

    Students taking part in a facilitated classroom discussion
  • School Enhancement

    How leadership, teaching, culture, participation and operations combine to make schools stronger over time.

    Primary students learning together through a making activity
  • Public System Organisation

    How institutions, governance, data and professional capability can support coherent and sustained public education reform.

    Students learning together in a Mission SOAR school setting